Western humanism has religious and transcendent sources without which it is incomprehensible to itself. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
“The modern architects are incorrect in their thinking. Ornament is not a crime. It is tactile, invigorating, life-sustaining, and human.” — Kristen Wagner Copy Share Image
“Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“No point in climbing the Everest while your heart is still a swamp, no point in Voyaging with Naskar while you carry… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We're going to bring back God and the Bible and drive the gods of secular humanism right out of the public schools… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment. — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
“My spirit is healthy, yes. But I tell you, my flesh is healthy too. I am enlightened and free, but I am… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“God, deities and prophets thrive on obscurity, and it does not necessarily have to be material obscurity, often it is intellectual, as… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Only a loving and covenant-making personal God can provide humans with unique dignity, worth, and rights. Blind nature cannot do that. So,… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Christians are supposed to love each other. Communists are supposed to share bonds with all proletarians and other communists. Every ideological group… — Gary North Copy Share Image
But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“Nothing human is merely human,” writes the theologian Ronald Modras. “No common labor is merely common. Classrooms, hospitals, and artists’ studios are… — Jim Manney Copy Share Image
“Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“But the most insidious and dangerous of false religions is secular humanism. It’s so crafty, so sneaky, with its kindness and its… — Tom Robbins 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
In some socialist states well-performed work is rewarded with moral stimulants instead of material ones. However, the moral stimulants cannot be explained… — Alija Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
“A Muslim who prays five times a day and yet beats his wife at home, is no religious person. A Christian who… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“My parents spoke of piety, of love, and of humility. I have really tried hard. But as long as there was a… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
“but in Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“Theism is a conclusion, so is atheism - none of these two conclusions is the product of serious investigation - one is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Non-violent resistance to evil is a quintessential element of the character of a real human being. If someone does wrong to me,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon of hope for all women around you and then for the whole… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I am no Patriot for I try to breathe in with the steadfast belief that my country is the Earth and my… — K. Hari Kumar Copy Share Image
“This wasn’t about religion, or who subscribed to which worldview, or who did or didn’t have faith. It was about friendship.” — Steve Ghikadis Copy Share Image
“For we, when we feel, evaporate: oh, we breathe ourselves out and away: from ember to ember, yielding us fainter fragrance.” — Rilke, Rainer Maria Copy Share Image
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Humanists believe that God is the most important, influential literary character human beings have ever created.” — Greg M. Epstein Copy Share Image
The feelings of the individual are the prime authority in ethics. 'If it feels good, do it' is the basic ethical ideal… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I don't find biology as interesting as politics and humanism. I talk more about existential stuff. — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
“To be human, is to act human, and to act human, is to stand up to all forms of inhumanity.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Humanism is not wrong in its cry for sociological healing, but humanism is not producing it. — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Don’t harm either fanatics (militant atheists and religious fanatics), don’t cuss them, just bring them flower, and wish them a swift recovery!” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I am no God. I am no Messiah. I am no divine incarnation. I am but a human in the service of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I am not an individual – I am an idea – an idea of unity – an idea of harmony – an… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“You may be James the American, or Mary the British, or anything else, but before all that, you are a human.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Teach your children, “love your neighbor like your family”, but “not because it is a Christian thing to do, rather because it… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
