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“Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things they are willing to do to support it.”
“Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.”
“If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.”
“fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.”
“There is no surer basis for fanaticism than bad history, which is invariably history oversimplified.”
“Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.”
“Haters are your most dedicated fans: ordinary fans can be disappointed in you or can get tired of you etc. but haters never.”
“There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.”
“The old sporadic fanaticism of religious hatred had been skillfully perverted into the cold, steady fanaticism of national hate.”
“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.”
