FANATICS AND FANATICISM

Quote: There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter. Author: Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821, French General, Emperor

Quote: Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. Author: Heywood Broun 1888-1939, American Journalist, Novelist

Quote: A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Author: Winston Churchill 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister

Quote: 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. Author: E. M. Cioran 1911-, Rumanian-born French Philosopher

Quote: Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind. Author: William Cowper 1731-1800, British Poet

Quote: The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. Author: Denis Diderot 1713-1784, French Philosopher

Quote: A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case. Author: Finley Peter Dunne 1867-1936, American Journalist, Humorist

Quote: Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent. Author: Frantz Fanon 1925-1961, French Psychiatrist

Quote: Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. Author: Edward Gibbon 1737-1794, British Historian

Quote: A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt. Author: Aldous Huxley 1894-1963, British Author

Quote: Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt. Author: Aldous Huxley 1894-1963, British Author

Quote: Mere human beings can't afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by murdering a million helpless people to clear a space for his law-courts. If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises. Author: Storm Jameson 1891-1986, British Writer

Quote: In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act. Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal. Author: Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826, Third President of the USA

Quote: In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice. Author: Louis Kronenberger

Quote: If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic. Author: Johann Kaspar Lavater 1741-1801, Swiss Theologian, Mystic

Quote: Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons. Author: Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900, German Philosopher

Quote: The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. Author: Alexander Pope 1688-1744, British Poet, Critic, Translator

Quote: Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. Author: Salman Rushdie 1948-, Indian-born British Author

Quote: Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. Author: George Santayana 1863-1952, American Philosopher, Poet

Quote: Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic. Author: Otto Schuwdrmer

Quote: I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic's heart. Author: William Butler Yeats 1865-1939, Irish Poet, Playwright.