525 Quotes by Sam Harris

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

What are the chances that we will one day discover that DNA has absolutely nothing to do with inheritance? They are effectively zero.

Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making.

I cannot take credit for the fact that I do not have the soul of a psychopath.

I'm the Ted Bundy of string theory.

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

Life is not a noun, it's a verb.

To point out nonepistemic motives in another’s view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt upon a person’s connection to the world as it is.