“The same Sermon on the Mount that influenced Tolstoy to write “The Kingdom of God is Within You”, inspired me to a… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that God ever interfered in the affairs of man. The hand of earth is stretched uselessly towards heaven.… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I would love to say that I'm a humanist, but I think the word "feminist" still needs to exist to acknowledge that… — Erin Maya Darke Copy Share Image
The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
I believe indeed that to rescue the humanist tradition of the last decades is of the utmost importance, and that Victor Serge… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I find humanism to be the most rational and positive philosophy for life. And it's not a new thing at all -… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
“I am what happens when a monk scientist goes full-on godmode to establish a planetary, integrated, anti-racist, anti-phobic, anti-misogynist, anti-colonial, anti-military, anti-nationalist… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Incidentally, I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the great science fiction writer and biochemist Dr. Isaac Asimov.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Names Behind Naskar (Sonnet) The world often wonders about my influences, in doing so it often cooks up fake inspiration. So I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It is imperative for many branches of fundamentalist christianity to constantly feel conspired against...so they cite humanist manifestos and theosophical societies and… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Absolutists frighten me. During all the endless discussions on my blog about evolution, intelligent design, God, and the afterworld, numbering altogether thousands… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Naskar it! (Sonnet 2855-2857) At birth they tag you with a flag, a script to follow, a tribe to brag - tell… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Afterlight Sonnet Forget about afterlife, focus on afterlight, light that is left behind, by your deeds of life. We need to paint… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“They say, love God, for it is the greatest virtue. I say, love humans, for there is no greater virtue, no greater… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Wonder Woman is most definitely a feminist, or a humanist, in no uncertain terms. Her prime goal in life is to teach… — George Perez Copy Share Image
“Whereas the Agricultural Revolution gave rise to theist religions, the Scientific Revolution gave birth to humanist religions, in which humans replaced gods.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Bertrand Russell started off as a mathematician and then degenerated into a philosopher and finally into a humanist; he went downhill rapidly! — Gregory Chaitin Copy Share Image
“Be sure of your conviction, but not so sure that it overwhelms your humanity. No conviction should be ultimate, except the conviction… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowledge, and I have eventually come… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Humanism involves far more than the negation of supernaturalism. It requires an affirmative philosophy . . . translated into a life devoted… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
[We need reforms] to make the Negro church a place where colored men and women of education and energy can work for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My family spans many world religions, ethnicities and nationalities. The truth is that I don't have one identity. I'm Scottish, British, European,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“You know what Human means? HUMAN means Harmonious across Hate, Undivided through Diversity, Mindful amidst Mindlessness, Amiable amidst Apathy, and Neighborly amidst… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
Central to being a humanist, which I am, is the core understanding that doubt and criticism are essential attributes in the quest… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My father was a doctor. He was just a great guy, a gentle humanist, and an old-fashioned GP. He'd get up at… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Here, you take the Naskar Pen, now go lead with the Dream of the King - from fractured past to conscious dawn,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I consider myself a humanist. Even if I do very dark worlds, I try to make those characters real humans as opposed… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image