Critical Quote by Sam Harris Download Open image “Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.” — Sam Harris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Critical Familiar Knows Religion Religious Religious faith
“All religious belief is a function of nonrational faith. And faith, by its very definition, tends to be impervious to intellectual argument or academic… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
By and large, reporters and editors are devoutly secular and deeply distrustful of those who act on faith. — Don Feder Copy Share Image
“While religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction, it is still sheltered… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The only antidote to religious triumphalism is the readiness of communities of faith to permit doubt and self-criticism to play a vital role in… — Douglas John Hall Copy Share Image
I'm all about fueling my faith, especially when it's hard to do so. — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
Faith means the purposeful suspension of critical thinking. It’s nothing to be admired. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I… — Andrew Denton Copy Share Image
My faith falters at times. But I have a very, very strong faith in work ethic, for lack of a better way of putting… — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be. — Derek Luke Copy Share Image
“Moderates in every faith are obliged to loosely interpret (or simply ignore) much of their canons in the interests of living in the modern… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There is no question but that nominally religious scientists like Francis Collins and Kenneth R. Miller are doing lasting harm to our discourse by… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Your principal concern appears to be that the Creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked. This prudery of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“As manuals for contemplative understanding, the Bible and the Koran are worse than useless. Whatever wisdom can be found in their pages is never… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
About 120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer. If our polls are… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“If your golf instructor were to insist that you shave your head, sleep no more than four hours each night, renounce sex, and subsist… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The second commandment is "Thou shall not construct any graven images." Is this really the pinnacle of what we can achieve morally? The second… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“But the reality of consciousness appears irreducible. Only consciousness can know itself—and directly, through first-person experience.” — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Whether or not one likes Huntington's formulation, one thing is clear: the evil that has finally reached our shores is not merely the evil… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life. — John Donne Copy Share Image
It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without a vision there is no possibility of creating something larger than what al-ready exists. An entrepreneur has to be able to bring something… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
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As a businessperson, I dont have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
It has never been more critical that a leader step forward to accelerate our understanding of cancer - and champion the effort to finally… — Victor J. Dzau Copy Share Image
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image