"Religious faith is the one species of human……" — Sam Harris

"Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction."

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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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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

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