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.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.

Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

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.

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over read more

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.

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.

Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.

Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.