Best Humanist Quotations

102 Humanist quotes by 83 unique authors

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist. — Taslima Nasrin
As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowledge, and I have eventually come to a formulation… — Alan Lightman
I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake. — Edward Abbey
Happiness is not synonymous with pleasure. It is, instead, a deeper emotion that originates from within. . . . Happiness results from a sense of… — David Shi
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. — David Hume
The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an… — Nathan Myhrvold
If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very subtle, the differences… — Joyce Carol Oates
I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have been raised with… — Jodi Picoult
I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that… — Vladimir Putin
Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality. — Tariq Ramadan
If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without… — Salman Rushdie
I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist. — Marjane Satrapi
What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common… — Patti Smith
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut
Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords. — Theodore Roosevelt
I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous… — Gregory Maguire
We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in… — Francis Schaeffer
A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence… — Bertrand Russell
Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of… — Isaac Asimov
When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?' Obviously there are differences between men… — Joss Whedon
I consider myself a political revolutionary humanist. — Bobby Seale
For those who struggle with anti-pagan prejudices and stereotypes, Humanist Paganism might be a powerful educational tool. It can show that a pagan can be… — Brendan Myers
With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended the radical humanist… — Noam Chomsky
I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race. — Michael Tippett
I truly believe in you. In all of you. I am a humanist, perhaps the last. I believe in all of us. I believe if… — Vladislas Nikilovic

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