Quotes About Fanaticism

Una volta un uomo saggio - un musulmano, badate bene - mi ha detto di sentirsi più vicino a un ebreo, a un cristiano, a un buddhista o persino a un ateo razionale e ragionevole che a un fanatico della sua stessa religione. E sono d'accordo con Winston Churchill, secondo il quale un fanatico è una persona che non cambia opinione e non è capace di cambiare argomento

Fanatics,' Didier mused, ignoring the rebuke, 'always seem to have the same scrubbed and staring look about them. They have the look of people who do not masturbate, but who think about it almost all the time.

Fanaticism is the opposite of love,' I said, recalling one of Khaderbhai's lectures. 'A wise man once told me--he's a Muslim, by the way--that he has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Jew than he does with a fanatic from his own religion.

Fanaticism means that if you're not against me, you're against me.

A wise man once told me - he's a Muslim, by the way - that he has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Jew than he does with a fanatic from his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanatic from his own religio. In fact, he has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded atheist than he does with a fanatic from his own religion.

Fanatics always seem to have the same scrubbed and staring look about them. They have the look of people who do not masturbate, but who think about it almost all the time.

Fanatics, of all kinds, all have the same scrubbed and staring look about them, the look of people who do not masturbate, but who think about it almost all the time.

Americans worry that Afghanistan has become a petri dish in which the germs of Islamic fanaticism are replicating - soon Afghans will be hijacking American planes and bombing embassies everywhere. And their fears are not necessarily unfounded. The Taliban are unemployed war veterans, ready and even eager to return to the battlefield.

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.

Once in a while, you will see someone really drippy. The person has to stare at the teacher all the time with that devoted and disgusting and sick look. It's boring, misplaced devotionalism.

It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope.

Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.

It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, if only to preserve your sanity.

It's been my experience that people who can express their political views only in clichés and passionate generalizations are fanatics.

Stalin's rudeness was in service to the cause. His rudeness was zeal

No matter how good the idea, there's always an advocate extreme enough to deter people.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change

An ideology can be dangerous for several reasons. The infinite good it promises prevents its true believers from cutting a deal. It allows any number of eggs to be broken to make the utopian omelet. And it renders opponents of the ideology infinitely evil and hence deserving of infinite punishment

People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.

...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines.

The single axioms of the ideologically possessed are gods, served blindly by their proselytizers.

Para concebir una perfección se requiere cierto nivel ético y es indispensable alguna educación intelectual. Sin ellos pueden tenerse fanatismos y supersticiones; ideales, jamás.

Para concebir una perfección se requiere cierto nivel ético y es indispensable alguna educación intelectual. Sin ellos pueden tenerse fanatismos y supersticiones; ideales, jamás. Los que viven debajo de ese nivel y no adquieren esa educación permanecen sujetos a dogmas que otros les imponen, esclavos de fórmulas paralizadas por la herrumbre del tiempo. Sus

La fe es la antítesis del fanatismo. La firmeza del genio es una suprema dignidad del propio Ideal; la falta de creencias sólidamente cimentadas convierte al mediocre en fanático. La fe se confirma en el choque con las opiniones contrarias; el fanatismo teme vacilar ante ellas e intenta ahogarlas.