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…

- Paul Kurtz

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…

- Paul Kurtz

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…

- Paul Kurtz

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 …

- Paul Kurtz

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

- Paul Kurtz

A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.

- Paul Kurtz

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…

- Paul Kurtz

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

- Paul Kurtz

No diety will save us; we must save ourselves.

- Paul Kurtz