fanaticism

religion

is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion.

Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion Voltaire

All fanaticism is repressed doubt. Carl Jung

is governed by imagination rather than judgment.

Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment. Harriet Beecher Stowe

is life for a cause, he's probably willing to give yours as well.

life for a cause, he's probably willing to give yours as well.

 comes from chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.

Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. John Berger

 has always served not only to render its adherents more brutalized, but also more wicked.

Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. Voltaire

is the sole volitional strength to which the weak and irresolute can be excited, as a sort of hypnotising of the entire sensory-intellectual system.

the sole volitional strength to which the weak and irresolute can be excited, as a sort of hypnotising of the entire sensory-intellectual system.

is unreliable... fanatics tend to burn out just when you need them.

Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.