"The moment we realize that the only things……" — Sam Harris
"The moment we realize that the only things we can intelligibly value are actual and potential changes in the experience of conscious beings, we can think about a landscape of such changes - where the peaks correspond to the greatest possible well-being and the valleys correspond to the lowest depths of suffering."
—
Sam Harris
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
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…
See all 146 quotes by Sam Harris »
More Actual Quotes
This quote is filed under Actual Quotes,
one of 1,266 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in…
— Charles Babbage
-
Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat,…
— Michele Bachmann
-
The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running.
— Dennis Banks
-
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
— Dave Barry
-
I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.
— Lynda Barry
-
Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their…
— Jeff Bezos
-
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
— Ambrose Bierce
-
Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am.…
— Ben Affleck
-
I've thought for the last decade or so, the only actual place raw truth was seeping through in newspapers was…
— Elayne Boosler
-
The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what…
— Elizabeth Bowen
-
Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations…
— William J. Brennan
-
You don't want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot…
— Alton Brown
See all 1,266 Actual Quotes »