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

“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

“There is no guarantee, no prophecy, will you still persevere! No karmic order, no afterlife treat, will you still soldier on! There are no benefits to reap, no light at the end of the tunnel, will you still keep showing up! No divine grace, no otherworldly meaning, will you still continue marching!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I am not the thought police of your life, but neither is any scripture, constitution, or crown – and if you cannot tell right from wrong without outside influence, you might as well start wearing diapers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Everybody wants to put their country on the map, my mission is to put humanity on the map.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Earthlog Sonnet 3001

In a tiny backwater of the milkyway galaxy
there spins a hilarious blue pebble called earth,
which is dominated by a species of monkeys,
whose lives primarily revolve around power,

first it was prophets, then it was kings,
later it was ceo's, and all these top monkeys claim
to seek power in the interest of their people,
they even have an earth-specific name for this
seemingly idealistic sentiment, they call it "humanity,"

but by the time they reach to the top,
they have hardly any trace of humanity left -

whereas the only people who stand as exception
to the traditional ape-hunger for power,
are often ordinary individuals, who care neither
for power nor fame, yet carry out the majority
HUMANly duties on behalf of their entire species.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes

“If you could finish even half of what I've written, you'd either hate me enough to kill, or you'd be so massive a human that everywhere you look you'd find your own reflection, wearing different skin and different clothes.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I don't write to earn your approval or trust, I write to shortcircuit your jungle customs.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“More I try to straighten my life, more I'm overcome with the paradox I am. Once the sea attains its vastness, it is impossible to contain it in a bottle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Naskar is not for those seeking a safe narrative, the point of Naskar is to knit your neurons human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Character of a scientist does not depend on science, but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“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.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Don’t harm either fanatics (militant atheists and religious fanatics), don’t cuss them, just bring them flower, and wish them a swift recovery!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Reason is fundamental, but there is a difference between militant, imperial rationalism and human reason, develop your character till you can tell them apart – because militant rationalism often ends up violating human welfare, just as religious fanaticism does, except it does so under the banner of ivory logic, or to be specific, white eurocentric logic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I'm not interested in the path you walk, I'm only interested in how you behave along the way.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Citizenships there are hundreds, nationality there is but one - humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Brain is my engine,
heart is my compass,
backbone is my battery,
character is my garment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Circuits to Break (Sonnet 2940)

Asked a beggar, what is happiness?
"Piece of bread," he said.
Asked a king, what is happiness?
"More territory," he said.

Asked a fanatic, what is happiness?
"More converts," he said.
Asked a scientist, what is happiness?
"More prestige," they said.

Asked a politician, what is happiness?
"Another term," they said.
Asked a farmer, what is happiness?
"Abundant rain," they said.

Asked a soldier, what is happiness?
"To see my kid grow up," they said.
So I went and asked in the mirror,
what is happiness?

The mirror cracked with a roar:
you're not a philosopher you idiot,
don't waste life inflating your ego
with elitist armchair analysis
like some overfed aristocratic twit,
you have a planet to unify -
peoples to unite, circuits to break.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science-heavy works are not necessarily truth-heavy works, just like scripture-heavy works are not necessarily divine-heavy works.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Don't assume you understand Naskar, unless you've left your seat to the elderly on a bus, joined the religious festivities of a neighbor from a different faith, defended someone's right to worship despite being an atheist yourself, offered a glass of water to someone from a different culture, or sheltered an immigrant family from your nation's fanatics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“We are the test of humanity, we are the proof of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth