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

“Ilim al-Insan (Sonnet 3101-3102)

Truth is the letter,
I am only the postman.

One postman snuffeth,
another cometh -
no message is magnum opus,
no messenger final prophet.

Either burn me, or burn with me,
I want neither sheep nor mice.
Body born of mud dissolves in mud,
one person's sacrifice jolts a planet back to life.

Obedience doesn't civilize
a planet, sacrifice does -

Naskar's work is almost done,
I wonder who's gonna come next -
who's gonna be the Second Naskar,
and the Third, and the Fourth -

I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline,
I'm interested in who'll carry my madness,
my madness for tolerance,
my madness for oneness -

always flawed, but never rigid,
always making mistakes,
but also correcting themselves,
never without blind spots,
but no blind spot worshipped as truth -

tolerant of harmless make believe,
but never of harmful blind belief,
activist of humane reason, not elitist logic.

I wonder, who's gonna be the next postman!
I wonder, who's gonna be the next Naskar!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Truth is the letter, I am only the postman. One postman snuffeth, another cometh - no message is magnum opus, no messenger final prophet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline, I'm interested in who'll carry my madness, my madness for tolerance, my madness for oneness - always flawed, but never rigid, always making mistakes, but also correcting themselves, never without blind spots, but no blind spot worshipped as truth - tolerant of harmless make believe, but never of harmful blind belief, activist of humane reason, not elitist logic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Either burn me, or burn with me, I want neither sheep nor mice. Body born of mud dissolves in mud, one person's sacrifice jolts a planet back to life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Obedience doesn't civilize a planet, sacrifice does - Naskar's work is almost done, I wonder who's gonna come next - who's gonna be the Second Naskar, and the Third, and the Fourth - I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline, I'm interested in who'll carry my madness, my madness for tolerance, my madness for oneness - I wonder, who's gonna be the next Naskar!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I am the equation, solved by neither faith nor intellect - spin of my particles unsung by LHC, essence of my being unspliced by CRISPR.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Servant Scientists (Naskaristana 2907)

Anybody can inspire the youth to become scientists,
any trustfund white guy or even chatgpt can do that,
the point of Naskar is to ignite Servant Scientists,
because if a scientist does not burn with the fire of
service, they are no better than religious fanatics.

Growing up in the lap of aristocratic luxury,
then calling people's basic necessities a delusion,
it doesn't make you a great scientist,
it just makes you a white colonial trash.

If religion must accept the responsibility
for religious fanaticism, science must also accept
the responsibility for scientific mindlessness,
because intelligence without compassion
is more dangerous than ignorance with power.

True science will always be ethical,
but greed-centered apes cannot fathom such science,
nor can privilege-pampered aristocratic knowitalls,
their science is more concerned with what can be done,
instead of asking whether it should be done.

This is not the Science of Naskar -
I don't want fewer scientists,
I want scientists with character,
not just a militant mouth -
I don't want fewer believers,
I want belief centered on compassion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“When devoid of empathy rationalism is as useless as blind faith.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Rationalism has its use, but when devoid of empathy it's as useless as blind faith. Try telling a starving child, hunger is illusion; try telling a refugee, safety is delusion; philosophy detached from life is a sign of moral degeneration, not illumination - intelligence detached from empathy is the ultimate delusion.

Or better yet, come close, let me stuff your ugly militant mouth with a handful of scorching hot chili peppers, then let me give you a five hour lecture on the chemistry of H2O and its relation to life, before offering you a glass of water. First compassion, then rationalism; first humanity, then philosophy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Helper first, clever later. Rationalism has its use, but when devoid of empathy it's as useless as blind faith. Try telling a starving child, hunger is illusion; try telling a refugee, safety is delusion; philosophy detached from life is a sign of moral degeneration, not illumination - intelligence detached from empathy is the ultimate delusion.

Or better yet, come close, let me stuff your ugly militant mouth with a handful of scorching hot chili peppers, then let me give you a five hour lecture on the chemistry of H2O and its relation to life, before offering you a glass of water. First compassion, then rationalism; first humanity, then philosophy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Philosophy detached from life is a sign of moral degeneration, not illumination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Intelligence detached from empathy is the ultimate delusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Try telling a starving child, hunger is illusion; try telling a refugee, safety is delusion; philosophy detached from life is a sign of moral degeneration, not illumination - intelligence detached from empathy is the ultimate delusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“From the dark furnace of the human skull,
dawns the light of humankind -
from the cramped slums of human chest,
transpire the terrains of godly might.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Soar for justice upon unflinching wings,
visit no pulpit selling life-choking creed.
March like thunder, bloom like spring -
divine in deed is divine indeed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Burn My Books, Go Lift The World
(Sonnet 2236)

If they ever make a cult of me,
burn every last book of mine.
Books are just kindling,
mind is the real flame.

Damn the prophet-people divide,
every human is prophet of the planet!
Socially aloof bookworms are no good to me -
I don't want readers, I want revolutionaries.

There is not one, but two societies -
one sophisticated, the other suffering.
The sophisticated don't matter, don't count;
at the feet of the suffering life begins.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Animal roots are planted by inherited habits, human roots are planted by good deeds.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Love of religion makes you a believer,
love of humanity makes you holy.
Love of country makes you a citizen,
love of the world makes you human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Only Cathedral Worth Worship (Sonnet 3118)

Heart is the organ of culture
(metaphorically, not neurologically),
heart is the highest cathedral,
heart doesn't just pump blood into the soul,
it pumps culture into the soil.

Monkeys think culture comes from rituals,
sheep think holiness comes from scripture,
all the while defeating the purpose of being,
by outsourcing their becoming to vultures.

Love of religion makes you a believer,
love of humanity makes you holy.
Love of country makes you a citizen,
love of the world makes you human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Heart is the organ of culture (metaphorically, not neurologically), heart is the highest cathedral, heart doesn't just pump blood into the soul, it pumps culture into the soil,”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I don't want patriots that hang from flagpoles, and salute with backbone dangling from their derriere, I want patriots who wear their heart on their chest, carry their backbone as battery, and their brain as gear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Earthistana Song

[Verse 1]
I was born without a lineage,
without a holy claim;
no prophet in my pocket,
no empire to my name.

But I rose from the ruins
of the borders they drew,
and I learned from the ashes
what a human can do.

World was carved with lies,
with flags of hate and fear,
but the pulse of integration
kept pulling me near.

So I wrote my own scripture
with the ink of equality;
no one is a stranger,
one people are we.

[Pre-Chorus]
Raise your heart like a banner,
tear the hatred apart;
every life is revolution,
every breath is an art.

[Chorus]
Pilgrims of the heart,
children of no throne;
Earthistana rising,
the world is our home.

No God above the human,
no border in the mind;
tolerance is our anthem,
the name is humankind.

[Verse 2]
I've seen temples feed on fear,
graves labeled as pride;
I've seen nations crowned with glory,
yet cruelty inside.

But I've also seen a stranger
share their only bread,
and in that tiny gesture,
every scripture was said.

We carry the dawn,
now let the darkness retire;
we're the rebels of empathy,
our ammunition brain fiber.

Let the world's wounded pages
be rewritten by you,
with the ink of courage,
with the rainbow of truth.

[Pre-Chorus]
Lift the fallen beside you,
heal the fractures of fate;
every act of kindness
makes tyranny evaporate.

[Chorus]
Pilgrims of the heart,
children of no throne;
Earthistana rising,
the world is our home.

No God above the human,
no border in the mind;
tolerance is our anthem,
the name is humankind.

[Bridge]
From monastery bells
to the muezzin's call,
from the wailing walls
to the city hall,

when our voices combine,
the soil becomes sacred;
the only holy nation
is the one without hatred.

[Chorus]
Pilgrims of the heart,
oneness in our vein;
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.

[Final Chorus]
Pilgrims of the heart,
children of no throne;
Earthistana rising,
the world is our home.

No God above the human,
no border in the mind;
tolerance is our anthem,
the name is humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes

“To each other we’re promise, to each other we’re medicine; Shelter to each other, we’re pilgrims on an island.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Kindness is my spirituality, welfare is my science,”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human