I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
~ Bertrand Russell (1872-05-18 1970-02-02 age:97)
Christians are much the same way.
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
~ Mark Twain (1835-11-30 1910-04-21 age:74)
A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
~ Aldous Huxley (1894-07-26 1963-11-22 age:69)
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
~ Bertrand Russell (1872-05-18 1970-02-02 age:97)
There is no place in a fanatic’s head where reason can enter.
~ Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-08-15 1821-05-05 age:51)
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.Religious fanaticism is at the root of most of the world’s pointless violence. [The logical violence is competition for resources.] Could you imagine the brutality in Israel or Iraq would be as intense if both sides shared the same religious sect? Both sides are so utterly certain about mere speculation that they are willing to blow each other’s brains out.
~ Winston Churchill (1874-11-30 1965-01-24 age:90)
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