Some Notes To Ponder Between Two Life Beginners

Selfish humanists are that way

i don't know
i have to find it out within me

we are supposed to do good
because it is an end in itself
not a means for another end

still learning about myself

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Humanism

To believe
In the deeds
And sayings
In which
We increase
The honour
Of humanity
Is the best definition
Of humanism
In which
The best point
To see
How we
Born
Our origin
Is it the left rib
Of Adam
Or the monkey?
Is it automatic
Or have

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poem by Abdul Wahab
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Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

quote by John Ralston Saul
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Reflection of God's Best

What habits we bear,
In this humanness given.
A 'will' to do those things,
To bring ourselves despair.

What delusions we carry,
To perceive we are disconnected.
To judge and disrespect...
Someone else who has feelings,
We don't accept and neglect.

What rights do we have...
To eat and rest,
Under safe shelter.
While others go hungry to wander,
Without food in homelessness!

What habits we bear,
In this humanness given.
To think we are better...

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

quote by Hubert H. Humphrey
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Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it.

quote by Tom Flynn
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No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

quote by Hermann Broch
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An Approach To Development Of Humanism!

Nationalism, racism and monopolism develop domination;
Competition, control and protectionism keep world insecure;
Domination of economic and military power is animalism;
Cooperation and coordination develop peace and humanism!

To put an end to warring nature and domination sports help;
Olympics is a mark of civilisation bringing together all as one,
Develops friendship testing prowess in games in lieu of wars!
Healthy competition in business in lieu of monopoly is better!

Intellectualism and wisdom develop humanism on higher level
Through art, literature, music, poetry and paintings in society.
Globalisation of economy, politics, etc. promotes internationalism;
Culture, Nature preservation develop mysticism and spiritualism!

Approaches to development of humanism are many to follow
If the will of people is familiarised with the sense of one world!

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However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of struggle and creativeness.

quote by Tran Duc Luong
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To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

quote by Suzanne Vega
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If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.

quote by William Shatner
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

quote by E.M. Forster
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I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.

quote by George Grosz
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To Linda Smith

'I play all my country and western music
backwards -

your lover
returns,
your dog
comes back to life
and you cease to be
an alcoholic'

(Linda Smith, comedienne and humanist, died yesterday.)

poem by Michael Shepherd
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Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected.

quote by Marilyn French
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Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.

quote by Christopher Dawson
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Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.

quote by John Ralston Saul
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It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.

quote by Pat Boone
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Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century.

quote by Tran Duc Luong
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The poet some called him Eccentric

Hey! You asked my Religion very frequently
My Father is a Buddhist and Mother
A Baptized Protestant.
In my certificate of birth they registered me as a Buddhist.
But my religion is Humanism!
I am sure you all laugh and tell;
'There's no Religion by such a name in the World.'
Sorry, this may bitter for you,
When Adam eats the forbidden fruit
Eve's shy and covered her secret place with a Maple leaf?
And the invisible Gardener kept quiet.
That's called Humanism the oldest Religion!

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poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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