“Humanism had begun in Florence, Italy, about 20 years before the invention of the printing press. Many scholars there were astonished at… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“In a society where people have the status of "free citizens," it is important to ensure that all people have the same… — Maitreya Maitreyan Copy Share Image
“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
From time to time I have wished to do more work in philosophy of religion, but the demands and challenges have been… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
“I never attempt to take away people’s God from them, because that God is associated with a lot of human sentiments in… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The widest cause of secularization may be the steady change of thinking so that there is the expectation that reason and a… — Jim Herrick Copy Share Image
“What’s the point of having democratic elections when the algorithms know not only how each person is going to vote, but also… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Humanism split into three main branches. The orthodox branch holds that each human being is a unique individual possessing a distinctive inner… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“This was the basis for the modern alliance between science and humanism, which kept the delicate balance between the modern yang and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“We are sorry about the way things turned out. We gave, in the phrasing of our words if not literally in the… — Anders Nilsen Copy Share Image
“All my moral and intellectual being is penetrated by an invincible conviction that whatever falls under the dominion of our senses must… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Today it is not alive. What, then, is this experience of humanism? With the above survey I have tried to show you… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“What is Science, What is Holy (Sonnet) There is no greater spiritual journey than the rejection of prejudice, there is no greater… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Yes, God is a product of the human imagination, but human imagination in turn is just the product of biochemical algorithms.’ In… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The people who are most discouraged and made despondent by the barbarity and stupidity of human behaviour at this time are those… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Secular humanism does not have the essential attributes of a religion: belief in a deity, the wish for some sort of afterlife,… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
“The most important idea he gleaned from the swift, learned talk was that religion and knowledge could exist side by side, enriching… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
“The trouble with purging the school curriculum of religious knowledge is that ultimate questions cannot be answered without reference to religious beliefs… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“[Obituary of atheist philosopher Richard Robinson] An Atheist's Values is one of the best short accounts of liberalism (a term Robinson accepted)… — Nicolas Walter Copy Share Image
“Arise for the work of humankind. Be humble. However grand you are today or may become tomorrow, you too will be forgotten.… — Mark Carney Copy Share Image
“The First Mobile, if one is sent, must be warned that unless he is very self-assured, or senile, his pride will suffer.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Ideology to me is fundamentally is an elite pursuit. I mean most people are just not all that interested in single payer… — Lydia Polgreen Copy Share Image
“Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“To be an original human, you must die to all labels. This death brings the real vitality in life. Now one may… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I do not give a damn whether a person is a scientist, a philosopher or a theologian If that person cannot recognize… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The ideology of liberal humanism found expression in the earliest reviews of Hardy’s writing and remained a dominant force until the explosion… — Geoffrey Harvey Copy Share Image
“The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human… — Harry Kroto Copy Share Image