Quotes about Fanaticism

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. Votes: 6

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. Votes: 6

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. Votes: 6

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt Votes: 4

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. Votes: 4

Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam. Votes: 4

Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind. Votes: 4

Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment. Votes: 4

Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. Votes: 4

Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution. Votes: 4

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after. Votes: 4

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Votes: 4

As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note. Votes: 4

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism. Votes: 4

Fanaticism is just one step away from barbarism. Votes: 3

Fanaticism exists in every religion, whether Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. Votes: 3

Fanaticism comes in as many flavors as there are human beings. Votes: 3

Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated. Votes: 3

Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion Votes: 3

Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind. Votes: 3

Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes. Votes: 3

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism. Votes: 3

Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go... Votes: 3

Fanaticism and bigotry require any food but common sense and reason, which would break the charm of those spellbound fanatics. Votes: 3

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. Votes: 3

Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. Votes: 3

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake. Votes: 3

Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I was fanatical against fanaticism. Votes: 3

Fanaticism is a fire, which heats the mind indeed, but heats without purifying. It stimulates and ferments all the passions; but it rectifies none of them. Votes: 3

Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations of dispassionate politicians. Votes: 3

Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom Votes: 3

There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false religion - in the bloody religions of the heathen. Votes: 3

Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusiasm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Establish it firmly in power, and it becomes conservatism, whether it will or no. Votes: 3

Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed. Votes: 3

Fanaticism is the greatest threat today. Literally, the 21st century threatened by fanatics, and we have fanatics in every religion, unfortunately, and what can we do against them? Words nothing else, I'm against violence but only words. Votes: 3

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods. Votes: 3

I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic's heart. Votes: 2

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. Votes: 2

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter. Votes: 2

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice. Votes: 2

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. Votes: 2

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Votes: 2

E.P. Whipple calls fanaticism "religion caricatured," which is a full definition in a word. Votes: 2

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings. Votes: 2

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism. Votes: 2

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite. Votes: 2

There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too. Votes: 2

An uncontrolled imagination may become as surely intoxicated by overindulgence as a toper may do bodily with strong drink. Votes: 2

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam. Votes: 2

There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents. Votes: 2

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism. Votes: 2

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. Votes: 2

There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism. Votes: 2

This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques. Votes: 2

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then and only then will truth]prevail over fanaticism. Votes: 2

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. Votes: 2

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder. Votes: 2

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma. Votes: 2

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. Votes: 2

The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others. Votes: 2

I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people. Votes: 2

I think about fanaticism - oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so you have to be a fanatic; you have to be a crank to keep going, but on the other hand, what else would you do with the rest of your life? You gotta do something. Votes: 2

I think the worst thing we can do is to concede to fanaticism its devotion, say. Well, you have to understand, these people are really fanatics, so we should back down from them. I think if journalists start doing that then they won't be practicing journalism. If satirists start doing that then they won't be practicing satire. Votes: 2

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity Votes: 1

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice Votes: 1

Where no shadow of doubt is allowed; you can be sure fanaticism will loom large in its place Votes: 1

[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty", and this is fanaticism. Votes: 1

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others Votes: 1

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they move is marked by violence and destruction Votes: 1

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything Votes: 1

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism Votes: 1

All fanaticism is repressed doubt. Votes: 0

Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything. Votes: 0

Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism. Votes: 0

Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together. Votes: 0

Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism. Votes: 0

Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism. Votes: 0

will anything but fanaticism make for change? Wisdom and compromise come later. Votes: 0

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism. Votes: 0

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary. Votes: 0

Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism. Votes: 0

Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench. Votes: 0

Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench. Votes: 0

I know one or two things about fanaticism and death, and I reject them. Votes: 0

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation. Votes: 0

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality. Votes: 0

There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment. Votes: 0

Though fanaticism drinks at many founts, its predisposing cause is mostly the subject of an invisible futurity. Votes: 0

The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted. Votes: 0

Despair breeds fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. A world of truly shared abundance would be a safer world. Votes: 0

We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication . Votes: 0

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul. Votes: 0

Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end. Votes: 0

It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism. Votes: 0

For fanaticism is the only form of willpower that even the weak and insecure can be brought to attain. Votes: 0

Tolerance gives us spiritual insight, which is as far from fanaticism as the north pole is from the south. Votes: 0

Pop music is not just a clumsy mass fanaticism, connected to a deceitful enchantment totally lacking in moral rigour. Votes: 0

It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance. Votes: 0

Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden. Votes: 0

It may be possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism seperately, but when they come together there is no hope. Votes: 0

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. Votes: 0

Friendship is so much healthier than other crutches -alcohol or TV or religious fanaticism. One healthy crutch shouldn't be against the rules. Votes: 0

The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death. Votes: 0

There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism. Votes: 0

Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point. Votes: 0

Investment in education and economic prosperity is the best way to cure fanaticism and for establishing a just peace in the Middle East. Votes: 0

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization. Votes: 0

The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom. Votes: 0

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism Votes: 0

The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany. Votes: 0

Pure faith in the benevolece of the Divine can also degenerate into destructive forms of religion like othodoxy, fundamentalism, sectarianism, fanaticism, black magic and witchcraft. Votes: 0

In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure. Votes: 0

I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil. Votes: 0

Religious fanaticism has clearly produced, and in all probability will continue to produce, enormous amounts of bickering, fighting, violence, bloodshed, homicide, feuds, wars, and genocide. Votes: 0

If you do not join the polluted, then you are pure; if you reject society in search of purity, that is not purity but fanaticism. Votes: 0

It is nothing but fanaticism and beautiful soulism to expect very much (or even, much only) from humanity when it has forgotten how to wage war. Votes: 0

Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind. Votes: 0

Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on the approval of others Votes: 0

Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe Votes: 0

Whenever the spirit of fanaticism, at once so credulous and so crafty, has insinuated itself into a noble mind, it insensibly corrodes the vital principles of virtue and veracity. Votes: 0

There being in the make of an English mind a certain gloom and eagerness, which carries to the sad extreme; religion to fanaticism; free-thinking to atheism; liberty to rebellion. Votes: 0

It is ... marvellous ... to have a period of apparent fanaticism. No obstacle can discourage you. The single vision of your quest obscures defeat and lifts you over mountainous difficulties. Votes: 0

Europeans know that their great experiment in building peace, unity and prosperity cannot survive as a privileged enclave, surrounded on its outskirts by breeding grounds of hatred and fanaticism. Votes: 0

BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism. Votes: 0

Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for religious purposes is the worst kind of fanaticism. Votes: 0

Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition and lies. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive savagery, medieval fanaticism and modern totalitarianism. Votes: 0

The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one,” Dr. Poblocki said. “When does belief become justification? When does right become rationale and crusade become crime? Votes: 0

Of all things, wisdom is the most terrified with epidemical fanaticism, because, of all enemies, it is that against which she is the least able to furnish any kind of resource. Votes: 0

No community has ever yet passed beyond the initial phases in which its pugnacity and fanaticism enabled it to found a nation, and its cupidity to establish and develop a commercial civilization. Votes: 0

There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your will into perfecting your daily life, into monitoring your thoughts. Votes: 0

Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men. Votes: 0

From that moment onwards, our loathsome society rushed, like Narcissus, to contemplate its trivial image on a metallic plate. A form of lunacy, an extraordinary fanaticism took hold of these new sun-worshippers. Votes: 0

Philosophy alone can boast (and perhaps it is no more than the boast of philosophy), that her gentle hand is able to eradicate from the human mind the latent and deadly principle of fanaticism. Votes: 0

In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. Votes: 0

The future of a movement is conditioned by the fanaticism, yes, the intolerance, with which its adherents uphold it as the sole correct movement, and push it past other formations of a similar sort. Votes: 0

Hindustan had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries -- slave of prejudice " slave of religious fanaticism " slave of barbarity and inhumanity. Votes: 0

The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error. Votes: 0

The greatness of Christianity did not lie in attempted negotiations for compromise with any similar philosophical opinions in the ancient world, but in its inexorable fanaticism in preaching and fighting for its own doctrine. Votes: 0

Faith was intended precisely for the simple, but the quest for certainty and simplicity becomes dangerous when it leads to fanaticism and narrow-mindedness. When reason as such becomes suspect, then faith itself becomes falsified. Votes: 0

I'm for open-mindedness and tolerance. I'm against any form of fanaticism, fundamentalism or zealotry, and this certainty of 'We have the truth.' The truth is far too large and complex. Nobody has the truth. Votes: 0

One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we have seen what priestcraft and fanaticism can do, and credulity believe. Votes: 0