I am one of the few people I know of who has argued in print that torture may be an ethical necessity in our war on terror.
Sam HarrisThe principal tenet of Jainism is non-harming. Observant Jains will literally not harm a fly. Fundamentalist Jainism and fundamentalist Islam do not have the same consequences, neither logically nor behaviorally.
Sam HarrisFaith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.
Sam HarrisUnreason is now ascendant in the United Statesโin our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government.
Sam Harris