Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places. Principle #2: Do not defend your property. Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape. Sam Harris More Quotes by Sam Harris More Quotes From Sam Harris The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious literalism. Sam Harris problem religious doe If one doesn't value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic? Sam Harris logical-arguments prove should Could there be any doubt that the Jews would seek to harm the Son of God again, knowing that his body was now readily accessible in the form of defenseless crackers? Sam Harris knowing doubt son To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam. Sam Harris islam talking civilization It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska. Sam Harris alaska mother children There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does. Sam Harris islam differences doe To speak plainly and truthfully about the state of our world - to say, for instance, that the Bible and the Koran both contain mountains of life-destroying gibberish - is antithetical to tolerance as moderates currently conceive it. But we can no longer afford the luxury of such political correctness. We must finally recognize the price we are paying to maintain the iconography of our ignorance. Sam Harris luxury our-world ignorance If premarital sex is a sin, who is the victim? Sam Harris sin victim sex You can learn something about a person by the company she keeps. Sam Harris company persons Each increment of knowledge imparted in this way is so satisfying-and one's ignorance at every stage so consequential-that the process of learning BJJ can become remarkably addictive. I have never experienced anything quite like it. Sam Harris mma ignorance way Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it. Sam Harris well-being wells failing Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths. Sam Harris critical familiar religious 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 superhero clouds jesus In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend. Sam Harris willing cases made Religious faith is the only area of discourse where immunity through conversation is considered noble . It's the only area of our lives where someone can win points for saying, "There's nothing that you can do to change my mind and I'm taking no state of the world ultimately into account in believing what I believe. There's nothing to change about the world that would cause me to revise my beliefs. Sam Harris religious winning believe It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world. Sam Harris our-world believe thinking Ignorance in this degree, concentrated in both the head and belly of a lumbering superpower, is now a problem for the entire world. Sam Harris degrees ignorance world Unreason is now ascendant in the United States—in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government. Sam Harris united-states government school The principal tenet of Jainism is non-harming. Observant Jains will literally not harm a fly. Fundamentalist Jainism and fundamentalist Islam do not have the same consequences, neither logically nor behaviorally. Sam Harris jainism islam harm To not believe in God is to know that it falls to us to make the world a better place. Sam Harris believe fall religion
