“A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.” MenHumanityAnimalAccountsBasesPhysicsRejectsHumanistChemistryBehaviour Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
“The conduct of a man, who studies philosophy in this careless manner, is more truly sceptical than that of any one, who feeling inhimself an inclination to it, is yet so over-whelm'd with doubts and scruples, as totally to reject it. A true sceptic will be diffident of his philosophical doubts, as well as of his philosophical conviction; and will never refuse any innocent satisfaction, which offers itself, upon account of either of them.” MenWellsPhilosophyFeelingsStudyDoubtOffersAccountsPhilosophicalSatisfactionRefuseConvictionInnocentRejectsSkepticismInclinationCarelessScruplesSceptic Book:A Treatise of Human Nature Source: A Treatise of Human Nature
“A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.” MenDoeAccountsGentlemanRejectsSpeakers Author:Confucius
“I reject what I see as flat-footed accounts of the fundamental structure of the world, where we somehow assume that, because ordinary experience involves middle-sized objects in space and time, that fundamental reality must be essentially like that.” WorldRealitySpaceMiddleObjectsOrdinaryAccountsFundamentalsStructureAssumingRejectsFlatsTime And Space Author:L.A. Paul
“If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.” IfsKindReasonGovernmentActionMoralWeaknessCapitalismAccountsSocialismRejectsLaissez FaireFallibility Book:Planning for freedom, and twelve other essays and addresses Source: Planning for freedom, and twelve other essays and addresses