We have never denied that it is possible, indeed probable, that other forms of life, even intelligent life, exist in the universe. But this is differ….

I believe that a person should take an affirmative outlook. There are always problems in life, old and new, uncertainties, and unexpected contingenci….

Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment..

Only a fool of a scientist would dismiss the evidence and reports in front of him and substitute his own beliefs in their place..

The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succule….

We are not simply intellectual creatures. We wish to make love, to enjoy a gourmet dinner, to jog in the park, to cheer lustily at a ball game, to en….

Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning..

Parents have no right to impose their religion on their children... A Fundamentalist Protestant parent has no right to expect the state to support hi….

We cannot remain silent when someone of the Pope's stature and credibility confuses religious principles for science.

Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from sci….

In contemporary society secular humanism has been singled out by critics and proponents alike as a position sharply distinguishable from any religiou….

The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and dignity and will e….

As I see it, creative achievement is the very heart of the human enterprise... The destiny of man, of all men and of each man, is that he is condemne….

Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we ma….

The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most r….

We need to be skeptical of utopianists who offer unreliable totalistic visions of other worlds and strive to take us there. We need some ideals, but ….

Human life has no meaning independent of itself. There is no cosmic force or deity to give it meaning or significance. There is no ultimate destiny f….

Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devi….

Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right to organiz….

Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations..

It is not the courage to be that we must develop as much as the courage to become. We are responsible for our destiny. The meaning of life is not loc….