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Humanist Quotes

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We have to replace beauty, which is a cultural concept, with goodness, which is a humanist concept.
Philippe Starck

We must substitute grace, which is an aesthetic notion, with morality, which is a humanistic ideal.
Authors on Humanist Quotes: David Attenborough Robert Green Ingersoll Gloria Steinem Erich Fromm Stewart D. Friedman Michael Tippett Sandra Bernhard Gregory Chaitin Edward Abbey Madonna Ciccone Hu Shih Saul Alinsky Marjane Satrapi Irving Babbitt C.P. Snow Timothy Keller Julianne Moore Charles M. Schulz Gaspar Noe A. Philip Randolph Mehmet Murat Ildan Corliss Lamont Jacques Ellul Philippe Starck Stephen Fry Meredith Brooks Tavis Smiley
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Humanism involves far more than the negation of supernaturalism. It requires an affirmative philosophy . . . translated into a life devoted to one's own improvement and the service of all mankind.
Corliss Lamont

3.
Power is the flower of organization.
A. Philip Randolph

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What we need to do is to humanize the scientist and simonize the humanist.
C.P. Snow

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Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.
Jacques Ellul

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Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.
Hu Shih

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Change comes from power, and power comes from organization. In order to act, people must get together.
Saul Alinsky

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The term that best describes me now is 'secular humanist.'
Charles M. Schulz

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At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're a humanist.
Julianne Moore

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Bertrand Russell started off as a mathematician and then degenerated into a philosopher and finally into a humanist; he went downhill rapidly!
Gregory Chaitin

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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
Irving Babbitt

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I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.
Sandra Bernhard

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No, not a feminist. I'm a humanist. I'm neither one side nor the other.
David Attenborough

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The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive
Timothy Keller

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Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . .
Robert Green Ingersoll

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I would define myself as a Marxian, and that means of course also as a humanist.
Erich Fromm

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Atheism comes into rather a bad press and I suppose I'd rather describe myself as a humanist... I don't believe in God. I don't believe there is a God.
Stephen Fry

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I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word.
Gloria Steinem

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I'm a humanist and an optimist.
Stewart D. Friedman

20.
I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.
Michael Tippett

21.
I'm a humanist. I'm neither one side nor the other.
David Attenborough

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I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.
Madonna Ciccone

23.
I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist.
Marjane Satrapi

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I am Left Wing. I am a Humanist.
Gaspar Noe

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Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . .
Robert Green Ingersoll

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He was a humanist then, he's a humanist now, and to my mind John Carlos is an authentic American hero.
Tavis Smiley

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To be a 'believer' does not make you superior to others; but to be a 'humanist' does make it so!
Mehmet Murat Ildan

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I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.
Edward Abbey

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I'm a humanist. I'm an observer. I have a very scientific mind. I believe metaphysics and science absolutely blended are more the truth for me. It doesn't work just believing in what somebody says.
Meredith Brooks