Humanist Quotes

“I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say one was an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow, it was better to say one was a humanist or an agnostic. I finally decided that I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.”
― Isaac Asimov

“I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“The human body resonates at the same frequency as Mother Earth. So instead of only focusing on trying to save the earth, which operates in congruence to our vibrations, I think it is more important to be one with each other. If you really want to remedy the earth, we have to mend mankind. And to unite mankind, we heal the Earth. That is the only way. Mother Earth will exist with or without us. Yet if she is sick, it is because mankind is sick and separated. And if our vibrations are bad, she reacts to it, as do all living creatures.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent.”
― Walt Kelly

“The human heart is too grand to be wasted in the gutter of cultural exclusivity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“Hand of human is the hand of god.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Some chained to the doctrine,
and some chained to equation.
All fight over garments,
and none cares for a human.

What good is a knife that is
all blade, and no handle!
What good is a brain that is
devoid of compassion!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“History of music is teeming with love songs, religious songs, patriotic songs, nowadays even conspiracy songs - then why is it that tolerance, oneness, plurality, humanity have practically zero musical exposure! But never mind, Naskar is here.

After thousands of sonnets, it'd be a shame if I didn't leave behind at least a few hundred songs. No fancy equipment, no artificial garbage, written from naked mind, recorded in naked voice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Lift your sail, wind is afoot,
Step out of your dead habit hood.
Love is giving call,
Can't you hear at all!
When will you walk the living truth!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“J for Just,
and K for Kind,
L for Love,
M for Mind.

(from Adult ABC Song)”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I gave up my youth for the world, and I ask the youth of only one thing, look out for others around you, in school, at work, on the streets, everywhere - particularly those who don't look like you, speak your language, or practice your religion, because the countries of earth are crawling with monkeys covering up for their own, but humans looking out for fellow humans are still scarce.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“It's easier to dissect the brain than it is to behave human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Proficiency in maths, biology, physics, and engineering count for nothing, if the hands wielding them haven't grown into human yet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“It's not enough to just outgrow religious fanaticism, you must also outgrow intellectual elitism, otherwise you might learn to split the atom or splice the gene, yet still not know how to behave human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Empathy is the ultimate education.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Naskar is not what you read, Naskar is how you stand.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“It's A Naskarful World
(Sonnet 3251/ Song 12)

What good is one Naskar,
burn with me hand in hand.
Naskar is not what you read,
Naskar is how you stand.

I don't want more sheep,
I don't want another cult,
you just be the Naskar
of your corner of the World.

Teach your child, your nation is great,
and you plant the seed of war.
Teach your child, the planet is nation,
plant peace against the law.

Father and Son are one,
Son and I are one,
I and You are one,
divide is delusion.

Take your tallest church steeples,
take your largest congress halls,
they still won't reach my ankle.
nor contain a Naskarful World.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I don’t want more sheep, I don’t want another cult, you just be the Naskar of your corner of the World.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Nine Commandments of Humanism
(Sonnet 3254)

Zionism is Nazism.

Colonialism is Cannibalism.

Nationalism is Terrorism.

Mass deportation is Human Trafficking.

Fundamentalism is Mental Illness.

Militant Atheism is Anti-Humanism.

Aristocracy is Earthsalt Deficiency.

Anti-Choice is Anti-Life.

Industry without ethics is human rights violation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“The dust on my desk is more sacred than the altar, the good sweat of service is true holy water.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Naskar is the first instinct of planet before the tribe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I don't need churches, nor angels in the air, I keep my wings in my pocket, the world is in my care.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I was born without a status,
without a holy claim,
no guardian angel backing,
no empire to my name.

I outgrew the fraud of flag,
I surpassed the hoax of hate,
I am festival of life,
not disciple of the dead.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Carry the brain as engine,
carry the backbone as battery,
wear your heart on your chest
as the compass of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“My voice and yours combine,
the soil becomes sacred -
the only holy nation
is the one without hatred.

Pilgrim of the heart,
oneness in our vein -
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.

Carry the brain as engine,
carry the backbone as battery,
wear your heart on your chest
as the compass of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“There are two kinds of understanding, one is empirical understanding, to understand the building blocks of the universe, another is existential understanding, which is to look at the world through human eyes, beyond the lens of the microscope.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“To understand the soul all we have to do is dissect the brain, but that still won't tell us anything about the person, for that we'd actually have to talk to them, listen to them, spend time with them, without analyzing, without judging, without calculating.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“There are two kinds of understanding, one is empirical understanding, to understand the building blocks of the universe, another is existential understanding, which is to look at the world through human eyes, beyond the lens of the microscope.

To understand the soul all we have to do is dissect the brain, but that still won't tell us anything about the person, for that we'd actually have to talk to them, listen to them, spend time with them, without analyzing, without judging, without calculating.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Have Nerve, Stand Electric
(Sonnet 3274/ Song 15)

You cannot have a brain and chain it.
You cannot have a spine and bend it.

You cannot have a heart and divide it.
You cannot have a mind and dogmatize it.

You cannot claim wisdom and philosophize.
You cannot claim the sacred and sectarianize.

You cannot have eyes and not see through lies.
You cannot have ears and not hear the cries.

You cannot have arms and not stretch 'em wide.
You cannot have feet and not swim the tide.

You cannot have veins and not erupt at injustice.
You cannot have nerve cells and not stand electric.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Be mindful of your place in society - not above the people, but above the government - not above justice, but above the police - not above life, but above the law - not above rights, but above religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer