Humanism Quotes - page 3

What should a society be, so that in his last years a man might still be a man? The answer is simple: he would always have to have been treated as a man. By the fate that it allots to its members who can no longer work, society gives itself away - it has always looked upon them as so much material. Society confesses that as far as it is concerned, profit is the only thing that counts, and that its "humanism" is mere window-dressing. In the nineteenth century the ruling classes explicitly equated the proletariat with barbarism. The struggles of the workers succeeded in making the proletariat part of mankind once more. But only in so far as it is productive. Society turns away from the aged worker as though he belonged to another species. That is why the whole question is buried in a conspiracy of silence. (Simone de Beauvoir)
I want to say a word to the Brahmins, "In the name of God, religion, sastras you have duped us. We were the ruling people. Stop this life of cheating us from this year. Give room for rationalism and humanism. View quote
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
We know that the traditional African society was founded on principles of egalitarianism. In its actual workings, however, it had various shortcomings. Its humanist impulse, nevertheless, is something that continues to urge us towards our all-African socialist reconstruction. We postulate each man to be an end in himself, not merely a means; and we accept the necessity of guaranteeing each man equal opportunities for his development. The implications of this for socio-political practice have to be worked out scientifically, and the necessary social and economic policies pursued with resolution. Any meaningful humanism must begin from egalitarianism and must lead to objectively chosen policies for safeguarding and sustaining egalitarianism. Hence, socialism. Hence, also, scientific socialism. View quote
Kwame Nkrumah
We should treat computers as fancy telephones, whose purpose is to connect people. Information is alienated experience. Information is not something that exists. Indeed, computers don't really exist, exactly; they're only subject to human interpretation. This is a strong primary humanism I am promoting. As long as we remember that we ourselves are the source of our value, our creativity, our sense of reality, then all of our work with computers will be worthwhile and beautiful. View quote
Jaron Lanier
If the law is set aside, the humanistic amoral ethics of love then takes over. And then you have total humanism. The only consideration becomes the human being, and this is what has happened with the theologians. View quote
Rousas John Rushdoony
Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality. View quote
Rousas John Rushdoony
Humanistic law aims at saving man and remaking society. For Humanism, salvation is an act of the state. View quote
Rousas John Rushdoony
Secular humanism debases the human. View quote
Sinclair B. Ferguson
The modern Muslim state has never presented itself as secular. Muslim nationalist forces, trapped by a militant and colonialist West unable to share or export its humanism, were driven to build up a rampart, to entrench themselves within the past. View quote
Fatema Mernissi
Christians are supposed to love each other. Communists are supposed to share bonds with all proletarians and other communists. Every ideological group proclaims universality, and all of them bicker internally, never displaying unity except in the face of a common enemy. Humanism today is the common enemy of Christians. View quote
Gary North
Neglect of the problem of the human individual leads to impoverishing Marxism at the theoretical level and to distorting it at the practical level. In this mistake lies the deep secret of Stalinism. This is why the protagonists of "true” Marxism - where the individual is absent-are so dangerous. I am referring not only to those who put Stalinism into practice, but also to its theorists, whose various political lucubrations and theoretical mistakes have resulted in the thesis that Marxism is anti-humanism. If this were the case, we would have to fight it. But it is a pure lie: Marxism is humanism, and it is the concern of Marxists to fight in the name of such humanism. This has always been my firm belief, as a Marxist and as a Communist. And this fact explains the choice of the lietmotif of my philosophical works. (Adam Schaff)
Humanism does not exist in itself, just as man taken in himself and for himself does not exist. Only concrete man exists, man set in a particular age, living in a particular country, belonging to a particular social class, representing a particular tradition and particular personal ideals. View quote
Adam Schaff
In 1894, historian Theodor Mommsen wrote that the root cause of the anti-Semitic ‘affliction' was ‘envy and the basest instincts,... a barbaric hatred for education, freedom, and humanism. View quote
Gotz Aly
It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism. View quote
Billy Graham
Superstition has caused so much confusion, darkness, and deception. Dogma has been used to tyrannize over the lives of the people. So, this is the time for change and of some transformation based on reason, science, critical thinking, and humanity. People are yearning for freedom and emancipation. Humanism is critical in delivering that change and in the realization of social renewal. View quote
Leo Igwe
I found the humanist outlook to be more realistic than religion. Humanism related to me directly, to human beings that I saw and interacted with. That was unlike religion that focused mainly on gods and spirits, which I could not see or really interact with. I also noticed that religion encouraged people to be dishonest, to claim to be seeing what they are not seeing or to be in communication with somebody when they are in communication with nobody. Religion encouraged fakery. So, some of these issues led to me embracing humanism. View quote
Leo Igwe
Love for life is, first and foremost, a responsibility to enrich it with spirituality and humanism. View quote
Zafar Mirzo
Humanism apt true meaning only when people's freedom is dedicated to protecting every single human life. View quote
Zafar Mirzo
A person, being in the orbit of developed humanism can become an unchangeable creator of higher values. View quote
Zafar Mirzo
The embodiment of the values of humanism in people unlocks the path to self-awareness of humanity. View quote
Zafar Mirzo
Yes, humanism is not the best idea, but at present, it is the only reliable one that humanity has opened up to create its unique civilization. (Zafar Mirzo)
From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism. View quote
Vidal Sassoon
Just as Tagore sought to bring humanity closer through Visva-Bharati or his one-nest-world university at Santiniketan, Prasanta Chandra strove to use the ideal of humanism through statistics. View quote
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance. View quote
Bikram Choudhury
I don't find biology as interesting as politics and humanism. I talk more about existential stuff. View quote
Dana Carvey