Characteristics Quote by E.M. Forster

Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.

— Cameron Winklevoss

“There is only one label worth fighting for, nay, not fighting for, that is “human”.”

— Abhijit Naskar

And since we cannot deceive the whole human race all the time, it is most important thus to cut every generation off from all…

— C. S. Lewis

Central to being a humanist, which I am, is the core understanding that doubt and criticism are essential attributes in the quest for knowledge.

— Clive Lewis

Only the free and personal man is a good citizen (realist), and even with the lack of particular (scholarly, artistic, etc)culture, a tasteful judge…

— Max Stirner

“More I try to straighten my life, more I'm overcome with the paradox I am. Once the sea attains its vastness, it is impossible…

— Abhijit Naskar

People find it difficult to call Lars' movies feminist. But they're humanist movies because they show a woman going through life and being in…

— Stacy Martin

In the humanist ideal, the mainstream is where interesting debate, the generating of new ideas and creativity take place. In rational society this mainstream…

— John Ralston Saul

“Don't assume you understand Naskar, unless you've left your seat to the elderly on a bus, joined the religious festivities of a neighbor from…

— Abhijit Naskar

If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.

— Patti Smith

“The same Sermon on the Mount that influenced Tolstoy to write “The Kingdom of God is Within You”, inspired me to a great extent…

— Abhijit Naskar