Blind Devotion Quotes

A zealot is a person who, having forgotten his original purpose, redoubles his efforts.

I love my country too much to be a nationalist.

My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone else I knew.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Fame, power, and gold, are loved for their own sakes - are worshipped with a blind, habitual idolatry.

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

I was allowed for many years of my life to work for the greatest son [Adolf Hitler] that my people produced in their 1,000 year history. I regret nothing.

From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.

The fanatical Communist refuses to believe any unfavorable report or evidence about Russia, nor will he be disillusioned by seeing with his own eyes the cruel misery inside the Soviet promised land. It is the true believer's ability to "shut his eyes and stop his ears" to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequaled fortitude and constancy. He cannot be frightened by danger, nor disheartened by obstacles, nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence.

His [Lenin’s] love of the proletariat was the same despotic, exacting, and merciless love with which, centuries ago, Torquemada burned people for their salvation.

Let us have no further blind devotion to the communist dominated United Nations!

The definition of a fanatic is a man who redoubles his efforts after he has forgotten the purpose of his struggle.

The religion of Hell is patriotism.

I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

Still more pathetic is the total collapse of moral fanaticism. Fanatics think that their single-minded principles qualify them to do battle with the powers of evil; but like a bull they rush at the red cloak instead of the person who is holding it; he exhausts himself and is beaten. He gets entangled in non-essentials and falls into the trap set by cleverer people.

Love is free: to promise for ever to love the same woman, is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed: such a vow in both cases, excludes us from all enquiry.

But love is blind and lovers cannot see

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

I expect a kiss-my-ass-at-high-noon-in-Macy's-window loyalty.

Blind is his love, and best befits the dark.

A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions.

When certain people have certain beliefs, they can be unyielding, and that's really what faith is. There's a large place in the world for faith, but when it comes to a scientific, political, and economic issue, dogma is not a very good place to start.

To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.

My skepticism warns me of the danger of becoming a fanatic, a danger which no faith has yet averted.