Top 100 Humanism Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The Kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you!”

— Charlie Chaplin

52. “Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.”

— Christopher Hitchens

53. “No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.”

— Lupita Nyong'o

54. “Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.”

— Princess Diana

55. “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

56. “I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.”

— Janusz Korczak

57. “Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the same.”

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

58. “Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”

— Thomas Paine

59. “Let us fight for a new world, a decent world!”

— Charlie Chaplin

60. “The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.”

— Khalil Gibran

61. “Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

62. “It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you've got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you.”

— Lady Gaga

63. “Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It’s all we’ve got.”

— Ricky Gervais

64. “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

— Wilma Rudolph

65. “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

66. “To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

67. “Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”

— Christopher Hitchens

68. “Beneath the skin, beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.”

— Maya Angelou

69. “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

70. “It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.”

— Nelson Mandela

71. “Be honest. Be kind. Be honorable. Work hard. And always be awesome.”

— Wil Wheaton

72. “Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality.”

— Tony Fernandes

73. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”

— Margaret Mead

74. “The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.”

— Desmond Tutu

75. “This is the principle of Universal Brotherhood of man with one another, with all life down to the little ants.”

— Swami Vivekananda

76. “Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.”

— Dante Alighieri

77. “I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”

— Virginia Satir

78. “Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential – that every life matters.”

— Barack Obama

79. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love – then make that day count!”

— Steve Maraboli

80. “A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

81. “You don’t have to be afraid because we’re all the same.”

— Shawn Mendes

82. “The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter.”

— Robin Williams

83. “Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

84. “Our true nationality is mankind.”

— H. G. Wells

85. “Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.”

— Joseph Campbell

86. “The only thing that matters, at the end of a stay on earth, is how well did we love, what was the quality of our love?”

— Richard Bach

87. “Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.”

— Simon Sinek

88. “Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”

— Bertrand Russell

89. “Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.”

— Brené Brown

90. “Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

91. “The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person’s quality of life.”

— Patch Adams

92. “The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

93. “Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don’t leave any unlived life behind.”

— Irvin D. Yalom

94. “The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.”

— Pope John Paul II

95. “There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.”

— Isaac Asimov

96. “Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity.”

— Pope Francis

97. “Human beings are much bigger than just making money.”

— Muhammad Yunus

98. “One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.”

— Carlos Santana

99. “What the world needs most is openness: Open hearts, open doors, open eyes, open minds, open ears, open souls.”

— Robert Muller

100. “Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?”

— Sam Harris