A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as
none at all, but not quite.

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as
none at all, but not quite.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing read more

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of read more

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled read more

As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and
contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; read more

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.

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they read more

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they move is marked by violence and destruction

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has read more

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and
irregular possession.