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Sam Harris Quotes

You cannot take death for apostasy seriously and be working for peace Picture Quote #1

We will continue to spill blood in what is, at bottom, a war of ideas Picture Quote #1

Values reduce to facts about the well-being of conscious creatures Picture Quote #1

The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious doctrine. It’s not an argument that it’s reasonable to believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin or that the Bible is the perfect word of the creator of the universe Picture Quote #1

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good Picture Quote #1

We will embarrass our descendants, just as our ancestors embarrass us. This is moral progress Picture Quote #1

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The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil is insurmountable. Those who claim to have surmounted it, by recourse to notions of free will and other incoherencies, have merely heaped bad philosophy onto bad ethics Picture Quote #1

Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply Picture Quote #1

The world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs that should not survive an elementary school education Picture Quote #1

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings Picture Quote #1

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence Picture Quote #1

Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love Picture Quote #1

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You can learn something about a person by the company she keeps Picture Quote #1

Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle Picture Quote #1

A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet our religious traditions are intellectually defunct and politically ruinous. While spiritual experience is clearly a natural propensity of the human mind, we need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to actualize it Picture Quote #1

You are happily being misunderstood in your use of the word god Picture Quote #1

Values reduce to facts about the well being of conscious creatures Picture Quote #1

Only 28 percent of Americans believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan Picture Quote #1

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It is time we recognized that the only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open - minded way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts Picture Quote #1

If Jesus does come down out of the clouds like a superhero, christianity will stand revealed as a science. That will be the science of Christianity Picture Quote #1

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic? Picture Quote #1

You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm Picture Quote #1

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected Picture Quote #1

God visits suffering on innocent people of scope and scale that would even embarrass the most ambitious psychopath Picture Quote #1

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We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us Picture Quote #1

Ideas matter - and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible Picture Quote #1

A wasteland of embarrassment and social upheaval can be neatly avoided by following a single precept in life: Do not lie Picture Quote #1

Some pleasures are intrinsically ethical - feelings like love, gratitude, devotion, and compassion. To inhabit these states of mind is, by definition, to be brought into alignment with others Picture Quote #1

What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives Picture Quote #1

The core of science is not a mathematical modeling - it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the world constrained by good evidence and good argument Picture Quote #1

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You cannot take death for apostasy seriously and be working for peace (Sam Harris Quotes) We will continue to spill blood in what is, at bottom, a war of ideas (Sam Harris Quotes) Values reduce to facts about the well-being of conscious creatures (Sam Harris Quotes) The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious doctrine. It’s not an argument that it’s reasonable to believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin or that the Bible is the perfect word of the creator of the universe. (Sam Harris Quotes) The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good (Sam Harris Quotes) We will embarrass our descendants, just as our ancestors embarrass us. This is moral progress (Sam Harris Quotes) The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil is insurmountable. Those who claim to have surmounted it, by recourse to notions of free will and other incoherencies, have merely heaped bad philosophy onto bad ethics (Sam Harris Quotes) Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply (Sam Harris Quotes) The world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs that should not survive an elementary school education (Sam Harris Quotes) A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings (Sam Harris Quotes) The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence (Sam Harris Quotes) Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love (Sam Harris Quotes) You can learn something about a person by the company she keeps (Sam Harris Quotes) Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle (Sam Harris Quotes) A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet our religious traditions are intellectually defunct and politically ruinous. While spiritual experience is clearly a natural propensity of the human mind, we need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to actualize it (Sam Harris Quotes) You are happily being misunderstood in your use of the word god (Sam Harris Quotes) Values reduce to facts about the well being of conscious creatures (Sam Harris Quotes) Only 28 percent of Americans believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan (Sam Harris Quotes) It is time we recognized that the only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open - minded way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts (Sam Harris Quotes) If Jesus does come down out of the clouds like a superhero, christianity will stand revealed as a science. That will be the science of Christianity (Sam Harris Quotes) If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic? (Sam Harris Quotes) You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm (Sam Harris Quotes) Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected (Sam Harris Quotes) God visits suffering on innocent people of scope and scale that would even embarrass the most ambitious psychopath (Sam Harris Quotes) We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us (Sam Harris Quotes) Ideas matter - and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible (Sam Harris Quotes) A wasteland of embarrassment and social upheaval can be neatly avoided by following a single precept in life: Do not lie (Sam Harris Quotes) Some pleasures are intrinsically ethical - feelings like love, gratitude, devotion, and compassion. To inhabit these states of mind is, by definition, to be brought into alignment with others (Sam Harris Quotes) What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives (Sam Harris Quotes) The core of science is not a mathematical modeling - it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the world constrained by good evidence and good argument (Sam Harris Quotes)