Words matter. These are the best Humanist Quotes from famous people such as Alexandra Bracken, Zeenat Aman, Chet Faker, David Simon, Marjane Satrapi, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I was genuinely lucky to have the professors I did, many of whom took a very humanist approach in teaching history that went beyond memorizing dates and battles and all of that – basically, looking at the life of individuals throughout history, aided by fascinating primary sources.
I am not a feminist, I am a humanist.
I’m a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.
Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But then, he also noted that not committing to a just cause is equally absurd. But only one choice offers the possibility for dignity. And dignity matters. Dignity matters.
I don’t consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist.
I consider myself a political revolutionary humanist.
Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He’s the great humanist.
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 sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what’s wrong.
It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
I’m an atheist and a humanist, so I have no desire to evangelize anyone.
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 a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence.
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 adult cell. What law or principle – secular, humanist, or religious – says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?
I’m not an active feminist: I’m an active humanist.
I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia’s empathy for her characters and her ability to use the language of cinema to communicate real human depth is extraordinary. She’s a humanist.
I am a humanist. I am for nice, easy balance.
Wonder Woman is most definitely a feminist, or a humanist, in no uncertain terms. Her prime goal in life is to teach peaceful coexistence and equality.
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
Religion features more now in my life than it did when I was a kid – my dad rejected the Catholic church as a young man. I had no religious upbringing, but certainly, Dad was a kind of secular humanist. I don’t know if he was an atheist or agnostic. I regret I didn’t talk to him about it.
Maybe I just look at things as a humanist: I like looking at people in a realistic way more than looking at them in a positive way.
Humanist thinkers such as Rousseau convinced us that our own feelings and desires were the ultimate source of meaning and that our free will was, therefore, the highest authority of all.
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 the traditions of different religions, but they do not go to church or temple. My feeling is that everyone should be able to believe what they want or need to believe.
The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
I find humanism to be the most rational and positive philosophy for life. And it’s not a new thing at all – the history of humanist thought is deep and inspiring.
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 of the kind of religious belief that would, in my view, be compatible with science.
Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.
