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Sam Harris Quotes: Unlike statements of fact, which require no further work on our part, lies must be continually protected from collisions with reality.
         

Unlike statements of fact, which require no further work on our part, lies must be continually protected from collisions with reality.


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The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.



Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.



A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.



We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.



How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.



You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.



How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.

How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.



You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.

You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.



Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker

Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker



The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.





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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.




Now is the time when you see people which you know... but they start ignoring you... and how do you deal with that?

Now is the time when you see people which you know... but they start ignoring you... and how do you deal with that?



I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience.

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience.



The Pleiadians said that at a certain moment in the future, when we go through our transformation, the Earth plane will shift back to its original pristine self.

The Pleiadians said that at a certain moment in the future, when we go through our transformation, the Earth plane will shift back to its original pristine self.



Universities have come to realize that online is not a fad. The question is not whether to engage in this area but how to do it.

Universities have come to realize that online is not a fad. The question is not whether to engage in this area but how to do it.



You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.



I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.




That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.




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