Habits of mind Quote by John Piper

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Fundamentalism is dictatorship of the mind

— Hanif Kureishi

We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.

— R. C. Sproul

Fundamentalism, in and of itself, is benign and can be personally beneficial, but the anger and prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage…

— Ricky Ray

“Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is nourishment, like…

— Victor Hugo

Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture.

— Johan Huizinga

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.

— Eugene V. Debs

“Fundamentalists thrive in times of rapid social change.  Fundamentalists generally champion emotionally charged issues that can be reduced to unambiguous black and white terms. ”

— Aaron Milavec

The Unconscious Civilisation There is a certain terrifying dignity to the big ideologies. With the stroke of an intellectual argument the planet is put…

— John Ralston Saul

“It was civilization itself which inflicted this wound upon modern man. Once the increase of empirical knowledge, and more exact modes of thought, made…

— Friedrich von Schiller

“Intellectuals as a class are notoriously prone to fine-sounding theoretical schemes that lead to catastrophe, such as Social Darwinism, Marxism or indeed eugenics.”

— Nicholas Wade

In their overestimation of the role of civilization, the humanists misunderstand the primary forces of the world of primitive human drives with their untamable…

— Stefan Zweig