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A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew the facts of the matter.

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.

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.

As any action or posture long continued will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.

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

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

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.

Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

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

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.