Author: Sam Harris

Quotes

Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.

Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.

- Sam Harris

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

- Sam Harris

The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.

The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.

- Sam Harris

One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

- Sam Harris

As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.

As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.

- Sam Harris

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