1,139 Quotes About Humanism

Insan ben ve insanlari seviyorum.

Kalbinizde yaşamak istiyorum, çünkü kalbiniz benim tapınağım.Hatıralarınızda yaşamak istiyorum, çünkü hatıralarınız benim hazinem.

I want to live in your heart, for your heart is my temple.I want to live in your memories, for your memories are my treasure.

La nación que no sabe situar a una mujer en el mismo cimiento de respeto y dignidad al de un hombre, no alcanzará la grandeza ni en mil años.

I am no intellectual, I am but a drunkard, I am drunk with love for the people of earth.

If you want to instill peace on earth, then you must let go of your diplomatic tenets and start thinking as a plain, ordinary, conscientious human.

Is it so small a thingTo have enjoy'd the sun,To have liv'd light in the spring,To have lov'd, to have thought, to have done;To have advanc'd true friends, and beat down baffling foes;That we must feign a blissOf doubtful future date,And while we dream on thisLose our present state,And relegate to worlds yet distant our repose?Empedocles on Etna: Act I, Scene II

As long as there is even a single community of thinking humans who could say I am not their own, I'll consider my mission to be incomplete. I must belong to everyone, or else my life is worthless, for belonging to the whole of humanity is what makes us human.

Those who worry about the treatment of animals are often accused of sentimentality or of putting the plight of beasts before the immense problems of humanity. But it is quite rare to find a humanitarian who is indifferent to animals and surprisingly common to find that those who belittle animal rights are the same ones who find the pain of humans easy to bear.