Fanaticism – Quotes

Without fanaticism we cannot

Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything. Evita Peron

All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they preach and the program they project, breed fanaticism, enthusiasm, fervent hope, hatred and intolerance; all of them are capable of releasing a powerful flow of activity in certain departments of … Read more

The fanatic is incorruptible:

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. Emile M. Cioran

Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie

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 Elizabeth Wurtzel

Seven hundred thousand men

Seven hundred thousand men are said to have perished in the first two expeditions, which had been thus commenced and carried on by the pious zeal of the Christian church, and in the total amount, several million were found numbered with the dead: the awful effects of religious fanaticism presuming upon the aid of heaven. … Read more

Fanaticism is the greatest

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. Elie Wiesel

Fanaticism in many lands

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

I have no doubt

I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt … Read more

[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something

[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said \”Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty\”, and this is fanaticism. Elie Wiesel

Everybody knows that fanaticism

Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with many, contempt of fanaticism is received as a sure sign of hostility to religion. Edwin Percy Whipple