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

“I stand wherever humanity is denied.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I love when bigots blow their fuse because of something I've written, it gives me a sort of spiritual orgasm.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I don't need a religious occasion to feel holy, every day inhabited by a human is sacred, every day is a celebration of the human spirit.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Many Reasons to Hate Naskar
(Sonnet 3186-3187)

Naskar is a textbook traitor,
with zero patriotic spirit,
he seems to care more about
the enemies than his own people.

Naskar is obviously guided by satan,
sprouting all sorts of blasphemous stuff,
like tolerance and interfaith harmony.

Naskar is an absolute fake,
he doesn't even believe in an almighty god,
yet refuses to be called an atheist.

Naskar is a typical lowlife,
who doesn't know the difference
between neuroscience and philosophy.

Naskar is a filthy desert dweller,
who doesn't even understand rhyme and meter.

So, what are you waiting for?
Grab every last of my books,
and sonnets, and verses, and sciences,
and theologies, and philosophies,
and throw it all into the fire,
if that reduces your hatred even slightly.

P.S. Why should good hatred go to waste,
at least we can get a few sonnets out of it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Powerless heart and heartless power, are both equally meaningless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Empathy first or wisdom first?
Empathy first, wisdom follows.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“We all have our mad obsessions, some are obsessed with ending religion, so that only rationality remains, some are obsessed with converting everybody, so that only one religion remains, I'm obsessed with ending the walls, so that only humanity remains.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Earth is my clan, Humanity is my kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Streets are my school,
mountains are my tutor.
The sky is my flag,
soil is my mother.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“The measure of our being is in our relation with others.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of 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

“If my freedom comes at the expense of another's exploitation, I don't want it. If my culture comes at the cost of another's erasure, I don't want it.

If my rationality revels in destroying people's religion, I don't want it. If my religion demands the conversion of all others, I don't want it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Are humans fundamentally good or evil? Conditioned for evil, capable of good, all it comes down to is choice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“That's why I've come, to drag spirituality down into the soil, and science down onto the streets - tea cup in one hand, cheeseburger in another, I have come, not to start a new religion, but to carry the rivers to the sea.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Machines without electricity are scrap,
electricity without machine is air.
Heart without head is fragile flesh,
head without heart is just hook for your hair.”
― 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.

For a while now I've wanted to include songs in the canon, but the formatting of a song felt too mechanical, all that hook, bridge, verse, chorus stuff, until I realized, why not burn the format altogether, like I did with the sonnets, and write it like any other Naskar sonnet, only a little more lyrical than usual.

Besides, after thousands of sonnets, it'd be a shame if I didn't leave behind at least a few hundred songs. Any art that lifts the human spirit is Naskar art, every science that lifts up society is Naskar science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“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