“The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.”
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“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.”
Propos sur le Religion no. 74 (1938), under the pen name Alain.
Alternate translation: “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it's the only one we have.” IZQuotes https://izquotes.com/quote/%C3%A9mile-chartier/nothing-is-more-dangerous-than-an-idea-when-you-have-only-one-idea-390165 (retrieved 10/30/18).
“There’s nothing more dangerous than a good idea.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
Daniel T. Gilbert (2007) in: John Brockman. What is your dangerous idea?: today's leading thinkers on the unthinkable. Harper Perennial, 2007, p. 42
“There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.”
Source: God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
“The one thing that is more dangerous than true ignorance is the illusion of understanding.”
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 57, “Becoming Philosophical” (p. 226)
