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

“Empathy is the highest truth, everything else is mere accessory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Every country needs just one person to embody the best of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Bring your brain, heart and backbone, but leave everything else at the door, your dictionary, your scripture, your constitution, your philosophy, or do not enter, there'll be no point.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“I burnt my life as proof that Naskar is human, yet apes continue to google, what religion is Naskar, what nationality is Naskar!”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I can accept expert authority, but not authoritarian expertise.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“A human being in their complete wholeness is universally illegal in every nation state, because the jungle thrives on fragmentation, and any specimen that refuses to honor and obey fragmentation, is by default a national threat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“My mission is not to be a success story, I live as the specimen of divisionless humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Vegetables with roots are still vegetables,
animals with tradition are still animals.
Apes flying spaceships are still apes,
parasites in office are still parasites.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Here, you take the Naskar Pen,
now go lead with the Dream of the King -
from fractured past to conscious dawn,
a human nation will sure be born.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“The world doesn't need chosen people, it needs decent people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“The meaning of office is service, meaning of faith is service, meaning of science is service.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Naskar it! (Sonnet 2855-2857)

At birth they tag you with a flag,
a script to follow, a tribe to brag -
tell you to fit in, don't ask too much,
keep your fire, but never touch.

Unfurl your fiber, and refuse the script,
don't make pilgrimage out of jungle myths.
Break the narrative, you break the spell -
end of nationalism is end of the animal.

If the world's on autopilot, interrupt it!
If the truth feels dangerous, then conduct it!
If compassion seems radical, then ignite it!
When justice calls your name, answer it!

Don't just think it, Naskar it!
Don't believe it, Naskar it!
Question everything they permit,
if it's not human, don't submit!

Abolish the silence, and Naskar it!
Stand your ground, and Naskar it!
Love your neighbor before your leader -
don't just talk it, Naskar it!

No book on earth can claim your mind,
no single truth defines humankind -
no crown, no creed, no sacred shrine
outweighs a heart that dares to shine.

Take your doubts and carve the key,
unlock the cage of them and we.
You're more than cattle and veggie,
you are Your own Holiness and Majesty!

Don't assume it, Naskar it!
Don't preach it, Naskar it!
Every truth they counterfeit,
confront it, expose it, Naskar it!

Shoulder the world, and Naskar it!
Walk the oneness, and Naskar it!
Human first, that's all there is -
no exception, go Naskar it!

Every wall they built on prejudice,
tear it down, and dance on it!
It's not a noun, it's a verb -
it's what you do, now Naskar it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Don’t believe it, Naskar it!
Don’t assume it, Naskar it!
Question everything they permit,
if it’s not human, don’t submit!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“If the world’s on autopilot, interrupt it!
If the truth feels dangerous, then conduct it!
If compassion seems radical, then ignite it!
When justice calls your name, answer it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“No book on earth can claim your mind, no single truth defines humankind – no crown, no creed, no sacred shrine outweighs a heart that dares to shine.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“You’re more than cattle and veggie, you are Your own Holiness and Majesty!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Stereotypes are archetypes of self-preservation. Look outside the self and you'll find assimilation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Find A Cause Outside Yourself: Sermon of Sustainability

“Apply the brain, but lead with heart.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Do the Naskar Dance, spin the system around,
kick down the borders, redraw the ground!
Clap to the rhythm of a mind unchained,
laugh like a rebel beautifully deranged!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“You don’t learn to love, you unlearn the hate.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“We are not all equal, a fanatic and a human are not equal, a nationalist and a human are not equal, a misogynist and a human are not equal, a xenophobe and a human are not equal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Every Day is Naskar Day (Sonnet 2861)

I don't do this day and that day,
I don't need to, you do, you live your life
the year round indifferent to atrocity,
then on specific dates you pretend you care,

whereas my entire life is black history month,
islamic science month, indigenous philosophy month,
asian theology month, valentine's day, Mother's Day,
Woman's Day, Earth Day, Palestine Month, all at once.

I rarely write date specific texts,
because every day is Naskar Day,
and every Naskar Day is everybody's day.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“My entire life is black history month, islamic science month, indigenous philosophy month, asian theology month, valentine's day, Mother's Day, Woman's Day, Earth Day, Palestine Month, all at once.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth