--- title: "3 Humanism Quotes By Thomas More" description: "3 Humanism quotes by Thomas More. Plus more from Thomas More and more Humanism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/thomas-more-3382_happiness_if-pride-that-plague-of-human-nature-tha_1036173.jpg" --- > [“...if pride, that plague of human nature, that source of so much misery, did not hinder it; for this vice does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/if-pride-that-plague-of-human-nature-that-source-of-so-much-misery/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/thomas-more-3382_happiness_if-pride-that-plague-of-human-nature-tha_1036173.jpg) > [“but in Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/but-in-utopia-where-every-man-has-a-right-to-everything-they-all-know/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68a/thomas-more-3382_every-man_but-in-utopia-where-every-man-has-a-righ_1262184.jpg) > [“The education of youth belongs to the priests, yet they do not take so much care of instructing them in letters, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/the-education-of-youth-belongs-to-the-priests-yet-they-do-not-take-so/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/thomas-more-3382_age_the-education-of-youth-belongs-to-the-pr_2535103.jpg) ## Other authors on Humanism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 193 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/abhijit-naskar/) - [C. JoyBell C 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/c-joybell-c/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-yuval-noah-harari-100.jpg) Yuval Noah Harari 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/yuval-noah-harari/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/suzy-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-steve-ghikadis-47087.jpg) Steve Ghikadis 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/steve-ghikadis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-claudio-magris-24504.jpg) Corliss Lamont 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/corliss-lamont/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bram-cohen-19129.jpg) Paul Kurtz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/paul-kurtz/) ## More by Thomas More > [“But what they find most amazing and despicable is the insanity of those who all but worship the rich, to whom they owe nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/but-what-they-find-most-amazing-and-despicable-is-the-insanity-of/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > ["Tell me, what's Love?" said Youth, one day, To drooping Age, who crost his way, "It is a sunny hour of play, For which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/tell-me-what-s-love-said-youth-one-day-to-drooping-age-who-crost-his/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/why-do-you-suppose-they-made-you-king-in-the-first-place-i-ask-him/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [“This lively health, when entirely free from all mixture of pain, of itself gives an inward pleasure, independent of all external objects of delight;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/this-lively-health-when-entirely-free-from-all-mixture-of-pain-of/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [Nobody sees a flower really,it is so small. We haven't time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/nobody-sees-a-flower-really-it-is-so-small-we-haven-t-time-and-to-see/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [Friendship demands attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/friendship-demands-attention/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [“(...) personal prejudice and financial greed are the two great evils that threaten courts of law, and once they get the upper hand they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/personal-prejudice-and-financial-greed-are-the-two-great-evils-that/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/pride-thinks-it-s-own-happiness-shines-the-brighter-by-comparing-it/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/in-the-first-place-most-princes-apply-themselves-to-the-arts-of-war/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/no-living-creature-is-naturally-greedy-except-from-fear-of-want-or-in/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/lord-give-me-a-sense-of-humor-so-that-i-may-take-some-happiness-from/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [“The leaving him thus did not a little gratify one that was more fond of travelling than of returning home to be buried in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/the-leaving-him-thus-did-not-a-little-gratify-one-that-was-more-fond/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/there-are-several-sorts-of-religions-not-only-in-different-parts-of/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [“... the way to heaven is the same from all places, and he that had no grave had the heavens still over him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/the-way-to-heaven-is-the-same-from-all-places-and-he-that-had-no/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) > [I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/i-would-uphold-the-law-if-for-no-other-reason-but-to-protect-myself/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/thomas-more/#itemlist", "name": "3 Humanism Quotes By Thomas More", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...if pride, that plague of human nature, that source of so much misery, did not hinder it; for this vice does not measure happiness so much by its own conveniences, as by the misery of others; and would not be satisfied with being thought a goddess, if none were left that were miserable, over whom she might insult. 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