Extremism Quotes
What we will not wait for is that particular nexus of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction that is extremism, and the technology to come together in a way that is harmful to the United States.
We live in a world where people are fearful of extremism, but Martin Luther King would say he was always trying to keep the flow of love in place. In that sense, he turned the world on its head.
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.
If a man has not, by the time he is thirty, yielded to the fascination of every form of extremism—I don't know whether he is to be admired or scorned, regarded as a saint or a corpse.
The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.
The way that you address this right-wing extremism is actually by putting forward a truly progressive agenda. That's the only solution here.
I've moved away from that sort of deep-ecological extremism. I started to think: what can we do for wild birds right now? I don't want these particular species to disappear.
The world we live in today is very, very diverse. It has extremism on one side, it has incredible liberal aspects to it on the other.
When I returned to the United Kingdom, I found that I could no longer justify Islamist extremism as the antidote.
There’s no need to get rid of literally hundreds of thousands of books that are fine simply because you have a problem with an isolated book or piece of literature that presents extremism.
I want incremental improvements. There's the record of all the revolutionary and violent change and extremism in general - it's dreadful.
One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.
The racism in Europe takes the form of anti-immigrant extremism - which is bad enough here - I think it's hard to measure, but my guess is that it's probably worse there.
America is at war. Our enemy is not violent extremism. It is not some unnamed malevolent force. It is radical Islamic terrorist.
There are millions of young children being educated to a very narrow-minded view of religion. And it's out of that education of large numbers of young people that you then get this extremism.
With the rise of self- awareness, all separatisms cease to exist - all delusions cease to exist.
Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the
No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy.
Unlike most other world religions, Buddhism has never been too rigid in its structure.
The dangerous enemies of your species are fundamentalism, intolerance, separatism, extremism, hostility and prejudicial fear, be it religious, atheistic or political.
It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.
The best way to avoid a catastrophic conflict of beliefs is to be more compassionate about other people’s beliefs as long as they do not advocate for prejudices, bigotry and sectarianism.
Holiness in the purest form is independent of all textual doctrines, all churches and all institutions.
Any religion that does not evolve with time, either gets destroyed or destroys the world.
Mother Nature created God as a neurological anti-depressant sentiment, but Man tore that God apart into pieces and made citadels of differentiation out of them.
In a society of thinking humanity, it should always be, humans first, and then Gods, Krishna or otherwise.
Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God.
Your mind is not merely the vehicle of God, rather it is the life-force that keeps God alive. Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God.
Why should a religion claim that it is not bound to abide by the standpoint of reason! If one does not take the standard of reason, there cannot be any true judgment, even in the case of religion.
Fundamentalism not only fuels devastating acts of violence, but also all kinds of primitive prejudicial behaviors, such as Misogyny, Polygamy, Homophobia, and Islamophobia.
You know, ” said Jehangir, breaking the silence, “it's only Muslims who use the term 'innovation' to mean something bad.
Ah well, I suppose that's the problem with trying to make others follow your own beliefs: what starts out as spiritual ardor too often becomes arrogance and bigotry.
Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind of humans.
Harmony also is not a luxury, it is an evolutionary necessity, if we are to advance further. And harmony cannot be compromised for any book in the world, no matter how ancient, or who wrote it.
Whether a religion is of peace or violence should be defined by the actions of its people, not by some books.
The scriptures are just books. It all depends on you, whether you are going to learn goodness and compassion from them, or use them to destroy your environment.
Dare to contradict the scientist, not because of your scripture, but because of your own rational thinking.
Human brain is structured to avoid any kind of refutation of one's religious beliefs.
Brutality goes hand in hand with orthodoxy, be it Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Atheistic or any other.
It has always been science versus fundamentalism, not science versus religion.
I don’t see doctrines, when I talk about religions. All I see are different experiential realities of the one and the same neuronal Kingdom of God.