"A puppet is free as long as he…" — Sam Harris

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146 Quotes by Sam Harris

Sam Harris has 146 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could…
While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious…
As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken…
It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its…
Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and…
Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions,…
I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is…
Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception…
Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political…
To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and…
Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin…

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the… — Pietro Aretino
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,… — Timothy Garton Ash
WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this… — Chinua Achebe
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he… — Saint Augustine

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