Fanatics Quotes

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
― Bertrand Russell

“You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Violent Bear It Away

“Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves and wiser people so full of doubt.”
― Leah Wilson, The Girl Who Was on Fire

“Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt”
― Carl Gustav Jung

“Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Fundamentalism manifests itself in different shapes and colors. 'The Absolute Truth' and 'the Only Way' beliefs, which have always caused hatred, bloodshed and divided our world, are among them.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Fanatics don't wanna see anything from another standpoints.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Being surrounded with every conceivable kind of revolt from infancy, Gabriel had to revolt into something, so he revolted into the only thing left — sanity. But there was just enough in him of the blood of these fanatics to make even his protest for common sense a little too fierce to be sensible.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

“A prominent israeli writer, Sami Michael, once told of a long car journey with a driver. At some point, the driver explained to Michael how important, indeed how urgent, it is for us Jews “to kill all the Arabs.” Sami Michael listened politely, and instead of reacting with horror, denunciation, or disgust, he asked the driver an innocent question: “And who, in your opinion, should kill all the Arabs?”

“Us! The Jews! We have to! It’s either us or them! Can’t you see what they’re doing to us?”

“But who, exactly, should actually kill all the Arabs? The army? The police? Firemen, perhaps? Or doctors in white coats, with syringes?”

The driver scratched his head, pondered the question, and finally said, “We’ll have to divvy it up among us. Every Jewish man will have to kill a few Arabs.”

Michael did not let up: “All right. Let’s say you, as a Haifa man, are in charge of one apartment building in Haifa. You go from door to door, ring the bells, and ask the residents politely, ‘Excuse me, would you happen to be Arabs?’ If the answer is yes, you shoot and kill them. When you’re done killing all the Arabs in the building, you go downstairs and head home, but before you get very far you hear a baby crying on the top floor. What do you do? Turn around? Go back? Go upstairs and shoot the baby? Yes or no?”

A long silence. The driver considers. Finally he says, “Sir, you are a very cruel man!”

This story exposes the confusion sometimes found in the fanatic’s mind: a mixture of intransigence with sentimentality and a lack of imagination.”
― Amos Oz, שלום לקנאים

“Fanatics clouded by self-justification.”
― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“One pen can defeat a thousand guns,
that's why they ban books, not guns.
There's nothing more dangerous than ideas
that inoculate the mind against weapons.

Traitor is not one who questions the state,
but the one who kills without question.
Hoist your heart as a beacon of love,
confront the fear, and war loses oxygen.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I don't want patriots that hang from flagpoles, and salute with backbone dangling from their derriere, I want patriots who wear their heart on their chest, carry their backbone as battery, and their brain as gear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“There is no spirituality except kindness, no church, no chakra, no vibration, manifestation, nothing, just plain ordinary kindness, the mundane, day to day kind - if you need any of the supernatural stuff, that's alright, there's nothing wrong with that, just don't confuse them as anything more than personal therapy, old or new.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Different people have different therapeutic needs, some need church, some alcohol, some sports, others are into those newage stuff, and I myself cannot spend a day without some music - just remember, superstition always comes dressed as enlightenment, and fanaticism always comes dressed as fact.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“When new blood and new thinking and new beliefs are refused a home because of fanaticism, that is not preservation of culture, that is reservation of wildlife.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Every postman unintentionally ends up erecting a brand new institution.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes

“The real test of your morality is when you confront the animals of your own tribe to defend a stranger, all else is mythological cosplay.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Sometimes I wish I had invented a multicultural name for myself, before I started writing, like I do with my book titles, because apes have a disgusting tendency to stick religion onto names.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Propaganda sells more than peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“How do you end animosity between nations, between cultures? You stand as the ultimate beacon of brotherhood – borderless, prejudiceless, intoleranceless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“The day we learn to celebrate each other, instead of fixating on fairytales in the sky, that day we'll be holy, that day we'll be human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“A country of idiots celebrates filmstars, a civilized country celebrates scientists, poets, educators, engineers, doctors, and all the people who actually advance civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Having grey hair and wrinkles do not make a person wise, person is wise when they can confront the failures of their own tribe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“You know what the favorite word of a fascist is? Freedom. You know what the favorite word of a fanatic is? Tradition.

You know what the favorite word of the superstitious is? Enlightenment. You know what the favorite word of a conspiracy theorist is? Truth”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Celebrate people for their existence, and credit institutions for what they can achieve, rather than celebrating institutions for their antiquity, while judging people by what they can accomplish.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Any art used for propaganda is ape slop.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Either Nationalist or Human (Naskaristana 3215)

I gave up my youth for the world, and I ask the youth of only one thing, look out for others around you, in school, at work, on the streets, everywhere -

particularly those who don't look like you, speak your language, or practice your religion, because the countries of earth are crawling with monkeys covering up for their own, but humans looking out for fellow humans are still scarce.

I don't want jungle patriots hanging from flagpoles, saluting with backbone dangling from their derriere, I want civilized patriots who've outgrown the jungle, patriots who wear their heart on their chest, carry their backbone as battery, and brain as gear, not in defence of a monkey state or kingdom or flag, but in defence of the marginalized humans, in defence of the discriminated, dehumanized, and displaced.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“What is religion, what is brainwash?
Whatever unites, is religion,
whatever divides, is brainwash.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“If my writing becomes scripture, burn them.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer