Short Humanist Quotes & Sayings

That's the existential problem," Fat said, "based on the concept that We are what we do, rather than, We are what we think. It finds its first expression in Goethe's Faust, Part One, where Faust says, 'Im Anfang war das Wort'. He's quoting the opening of the Fourth Gospel; 'In the beginning was the Word.' Faust says, 'Nein. Im Anfang war die Tat.' In the beginning was the Deed. From this, all existentialism comes. — Philip K. Dick

When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville. — Flannery O'Connor

Conservatives tend to see the world more in terms of good-versus-evil and, for some of them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry that can be preyed upon by criminals. They know that having a gun in the house would increase the risk of an accident for a member of their family, but they're willing to take that risk. — Jonathan Haidt

The People's' historic duty was to become a nameless herd and submit to the absolute control of a small pack of wily and vicious intellectuals. — Charles Portis

Briony scared?" said Eldric. "I've never seen anyone less scared in my life. She has nerves of iron. — Franny Billingsley

In Zen, and in other forms of self discovery, we do have a transference that occurs where psychically, information, blocks of attention, are transferred to the student. — Frederick Lenz

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband. — A.S. Byatt

Ethnic, cultural, artistic and culinary diversity. LA ... a feast for the senses. — Yasmine Bleeth

I reckon I'll be at the beck and call of folks with money all my life, but thank God I won't ever again have to be at the beck and call of every son of a bitch who's got two cents to buy a stamp. — William Faulkner

Don't treat me like I belong to you because, no matter what I agreed to, I am not a possession! — Sadie Grubor

Life's too short to try and understand cold-blooded creatures. — Rita Mae Brown

Granny said there was a law about having to eat Pizza at Christmas. Granny was full of nonsense, of course, but [Elsa] went along with it because she likes pizza. And Christmas food kind of sucks if you are a vegetarian. — Fredrik Backman

For we see Abraham the readier to acknowledge himself but dust and ashes the nearer he approaches to behold the glory of the Lord, — John Calvin

One law of energy is this: energy of a certain quality or vibration tends to attract energy of a similar quality and vibration. — Shakti Gawain

If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services. — Dan Barber