Browse 146 quotes about Humanist Poetry.
“Humans Are Defined (The Sonnet)
Vegetables are defined,
By the comfort they crave,
Humans are defined,
By the obstacles they brave.
Absence of obstacles,
Is not a sign of achievement.
Absence of obstacles,
Indicates a lack of movement.
Even the mountains bow,
But not for self-absorbed snobs.
Oceans part making way,
Only for those not afraid of storms.
Awake, arise o soldier of valiance and valor.
Sleep not, slacken not, the world is in your care.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“Sonnet of Science
Science is but a bridge of time, it can,
Either take us forward or dump us in prehistory.
Science alone does not ensure our advancement,
Unless it's practiced with warmth and accountability.
Sheer reason without any sentiment is,
As dangerous as sheer sentiment without any reason.
In order to forge a world fit for humans,
We must break the ice between reason and emotion.
Problem is that we like picking sides,
Either we are too emotional or too rational.
A civilized human ought to be none of that,
A civilized human acts upon the need of the situation.
So I say o mighty human, be not an intellectual moron.
Science is a means of service, not intellectual gratification.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Rich is not the one who's got a lot of dough, but one whose touch make others forget their woe.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“The One of My Heart (The Sonnet)
I see the one of my heart,
In every direction, in every face.
Yet I won't say a word,
In silence I'll bear all coldness.
You may throw me out of your heart,
But you can't oust yourself from mine.
You are in every pore of my being,
You are my only lifeline.
You are the one that runs in my nerves,
As the power-grid of my mind.
The pain of being a one-sided lover,
Is sweeter to me than a thousand goldmines.
Cuss me, mock me, hurt me all you like.
All I care about is to be an aid in your life.”
Source: Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live
“Brain's death is death of the body,
Heart's death is death of the being.
Kindness keeps the being alive
long after the heart stops beating.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“If the head disappears from earth,
There'll be no progress whatsoever.
But if the heart disappears from earth,
There'll be no human whatsoever.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“Energy and Ethics (The Sonnet)
One AA battery lights up a house with an LED,
Or it can be used to set fire to it with a spark.
Energy has no ethical polarity, only potential,
Ethics of energy lie in the hands of its wielder.
Society just needs an excuse to escape the blame,
Sometimes they blame science, other times politics.
The real problem is none but the society itself,
Particularly our age-old selfish histrionics.
No society is born human, not yet anyway,
It falls on the original humans to make it human.
Choose science, faith, politics or civil service,
Touch of a human makes medicine even out of poison.
Science doesn't define the scientist, scientist defines the science.
Hence I'm a servant scientist who uses science for deliverance.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“Pay it Forward Sonnet
Say no thanks, instead help another,
And tell them to pay it forward.
The one tradition this world badly needs,
Is that of kindness beyond all reward.
The world lacks kindness and compassion,
For so far rituals are passed on as tradition.
One generation of savage and divided tribals,
Makes sure to propagate nothing but division.
This very prehistoric tendency must end,
We must humanize the very notion of tradition.
Let us place all glory on the colors of joy,
Let us prioritize kindness over all argumentation.
And remember not to mechanize this with ideology.
Helping those in need is just plain ordinary humanity.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“Tools and Fools (The Sonnet)
I am a scientist but,
I don't care about science.
I am a monk but,
I don't care about enlightenment.
I am a philosopher but,
I don't care about philosophy.
I am a theologian but,
I don't care about theology.
I may use a lot of tools,
But that's what they are - tools.
They are meant to serve society,
Not look down on people as fools.
When the tool rules, user turns a tool.
Human above all else - lo the supreme rule.”
Source: Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race
“Love alone can explain love, freedom alone can explain freedom, kindness alone can explain kindness, affection alone can explain affection.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Fate and Future (The Sonnet)
Fate and future both are servant to the determined,
For they are nothing but creation of human determination.
Yet most of humanity remain oblivious to this simple fact,
For they’re born and raised in a society run by indoctrination.
Reason and questions are seen as treason against heritage,
Submission and guilt are praised as honorable righteousness.
Calling ignorance as righteousness doesn't make one righteous,
You are righteous when you have the guts to mend mistakes.
Ignorance is part of life, so is our drive for self-aggrandizing,
It's human to make mistakes, what's not, is their glorification.
Acknowledge your mistakes, biases, ignorance and prejudice,
We start to rise when we acknowledge our degradation.
Our ancestors were primitive humans with unused goodness.
If we die primitive like they did, why live in the first place!”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Being human is the core of a human being.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“Language of God (The Sonnet)
A Jew may say, Hebrew is the language of god.
A Christian may say, Aramaic is the language of god.
A Muslim will say, Arabic is the language of god.
A Hindu will say, Sanskrit is the language of god.
A biologist may say, DNA is the language of god.
Mathematicians say, math is the language of god.
A psychiatrist may say, libido is the language of god.
Physicists say, Quantum Mechanics is language of god.
A politician may say, control is the language of god.
A capitalist may say, currency is the language of god.
A cop may say, law and order are the language of god.
A philosopher may say, wisdom is the language of god.
I don't know all that, I'm a being most ordinary 'n simple.
I only know that kindness is the language of a human.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 62
Belief sustains a person,
But behavior sustains a society.
Belief has nothing to do with truth,
It is just a matter of mental necessity.
Often our belief defies all reason,
That's absolutely okay to a great extent.
What's not okay is to impose it on others,
To sentence others to our imprisonment.
I believe, that my teacher watches over me,
Even though he walks the earth no more.
This belief has nothing to do with your life,
But it helps me walk past my crippling woe.
All beliefs are good beliefs with or without reason,
If they help you in life to become a better person.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Lovely and Beastly (The Sonnet)
Lovely on the outside, beastly on the inside,
That is the norm of the modern world.
Fancy in appearance, yet lousy in sapience,
That's what we call civilized and cultured.
We are given a world rooted in shallowness,
Which screams selfishness in its every act.
Enough with this life of nonexistence,
We've spent long enough as empty wolfpack.
Let us now build our destiny with our sweat,
And devil and deity take the hindmost.
We shall soar high by serving on the streets,
There is no higher life, no greater post.
It's ok that we haven't known true civilization.
What's not ok is to pass it on through generation.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 19
It takes awareness to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes moderation to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes regulation to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes restraint to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes gentleness to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes humility to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
Everything civilized starts with awareness.
But if you like being animal let go off all restraint.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 95
Nature always tries to trick us most strongly,
Into being a filthy bunch of egotistical morons.
If we stand true to our conviction of community,
No cockeyed canine is gonna dictate our terms.
Survival of the fittest is the motto of animal,
Sacrifice for the helpless is the motto of human.
The decision is to be made by none but you,
What'll you spend your life as - animal or human!
Let's not spend another day with cold shoulder,
Let us rather put all of our shoulders together.
Only then we will be a tad stronger than history,
And rise as the mightiest descendant of Nature.
To conquer ourselves is to conquer space and time.
We live the fullest when we live as people's lifeline.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“For every existence wasted in unexistence,
Civilization is set back a hundred years.
Object of existence is the unfolding of life,
Not the worship of spiritless structures.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Human, human, human,
that is all we ever are.
Not humanist, not socialist,
just carers of each other.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Intolerance is a worldwide pandemic,
only terminologies vary culture to culture.
Vaccine for the mightiest swords of hate,
is the gentle glint of one heart, hatebuster.”
Source: Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth
“Animal we fall, human we fly.
All else save humanity,
is a glorified lie.”
Source: Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
“English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.
Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.
All labels are second labels,
Our native label is human.
All tradition is second tradition,
Earth's native tradition is compassion.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Human am I, Human are you,
Difference in-between is pure fiction.
Alive am I, alive are you,
Real death of life is in separation.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Space may be the final frontier,
But heart is the first frontier.
Unless we first conquer the heart,
We'll turn the cosmos into dumpyard.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“What’s The Difference (Sonnet 1037)
If a scientist has no humility,
what's the difference between
a scientist and a computer!
If a doctor has no warmth,
what's the difference between
a doctor and a butcher!
If a teacher has no curiosity,
what's the difference between
a teacher and a circus trainer!
If a filmmaker has no originality,
what's the difference between
a filmmaker and a photocopier!
If a cop cannot practice self-correction,
what's the difference between
a cop and an executioner!
If a theologian has no integrative spirit,
what's the difference between
a theologian and a mumbling parrot!
If a modern human cannot balance reason and warmth,
what's the difference between a sentient human
and a creature from the swamp!”
Source: Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World
“Intellect is not the answer,
Belief is not the answer.
These only amplify what we really are,
Good becomes great, jerk becomes jerker.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“First Language (The Sonnet)
English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.
Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.
Analog is my second passion,
My first passion is dialogue.
Law is my second task, my first,
Is taking beings out of the bog.
All labels are second labels,
Our native label is human.
All tradition is second tradition,
Earth's native tradition is compassion.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“All labels are second labels,
Our native label is human.
All tradition is second tradition,
Earth's native tradition is compassion.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Faith is subordinate to love,
Philosophy is subordinate to love,
Science is subordinate to love.
Until you feel it in your bones,
You've got plenty dust to wash off.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“If I must die as a writer, I will die as the first multi-cultural writer in history.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“Instead of being chained to the dead,
Let us be each other's roots.
Be a garland that celebrates life,
Instead of a hangman's noose.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Thorns make the pedestrian,
Roses make rosary.
Action builds the world,
Imagination treats anxiety.”
Source: Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
“Science, Religion & Superstition (The Sonnet)
Religion is all evil, is the superstition,
That half-cocked rationalists suffer from.
Science is devil's work, is the superstition,
That bookish religionists suffer from.
Take the I and cross it out,
Lo, you have a living Christ!
Take the self and set it on fire,
Lo, you have a timeless light!
Yes, I want to convert the world,
I want to convert all cussing into hugging.
Yes, I want to convert the people, all of them,
I want to convert mindless mocking into mending.
I am no preacher, I am no scholar, I am no thinker.
But, without some basic humanity, we shall all wither.”
Source: Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love
“Elitism & Fundamentalism (The Sonnet)
Elitism and fundamentalism,
Are both the enemies of progress.
Exchanging one bad habit for another,
Is not true advancement but regress.
Fundamentalists used to fill the world,
With the poison of dirty division.
Today elitists poison the world,
By endorsing snobbery and narcissism.
Conscience, courage and compassion,
These are the three pillars of progress.
Without these all belief is delusion,
All glitter is but a sign of coldness.
Replace not fundamentalism with elitism.
Grow out of selfishness into collectivism.”
Source: Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting
“I have no desire to die as just another writer like that bard fella. If I must die as a writer, I will die as the first multi-cultural writer in history.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“I am a human first, scientist second, and poet last.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“I am not a writer, writers have limits, I have none, I only have responsibility, the responsibility to unite the world.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Even the deaf can hear the music of life, yet those with ears hear nothing. Even the blind can see the beauty of heart, yet those with eyes are busy with shopping.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“One Life, One Idea (The Sonnet)
One life, one idea, one duty – love.
One body, one being, one vision – amity.
One heart, one sight, one sentiment – care.
One mind, one kind, one community – humanity.
One pen, one ink, one paper – awareness.
One hive, one height, one light – assimilation.
One kite, one compass, one flight – unity.
One sail, one sea, one ship - self-correction.
One gospel, one goal, one gamble – collectivity.
One cult, one core, one culture – unification.
One church, one mosque, one temple – nonduality.
One road, one reason, one reality – nondifferentiation.
Take the mind beyond the bind to see the world anew.
A world united comes to life when walls turn dust in you.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Togetherness is another name for progress, together forever, either as lovers or ashes.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“I am an addiction most dangerous, keep children away from my works. If you want them to grow up self-centric, make sure they never hear my words.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“No belief is worth losing your humanity over, no intellect is worth losing your kindness over.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“It doesn't help to whine about the obvious, when the candle of love is burning low. What is needed is that you burn your heart, and make a pyre out of its sacrificial glow”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Cruelty kills no cruelty, only kindness does it, fighting fire with fire turns the world to ashes. Bullets don't kill bigotry, only education does that, set your heart on fire, let all bask in your effulgence.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Sonnet of Rulers
The only people who'll rule the world,
Are the ones who want to rule not a being.
The only people to inherit the earth,
Are the ones who want to inherit nothing.
The only people who win hearts,
Are those who give all without question.
The only people who become family to all,
Are those who walk without assumption.
The only people who never die,
Are those who happily die for others.
The only people who are the happiest,
Are those who have no trace of selfish desires.
Selfishness is synonym for suffering and misery.
Joy is just a byproduct of service to humanity.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Sonnet of Intolerance
Intolerance and religion don't go together,
If they do, you are a far cry from being religious.
Intolerance and science don't go together,
If they do, such science is just modern hogwash.
Intolerance and philosophy don't go together,
If they do, you are a dickhearted intellectualist.
Intolerance and humanism don't go together,
If they do, you are a far cry from being humanist.
Intolerance and intellect don't go together,
If they do, such intellect is all blade, no handle.
Intolerance and wisdom don't go together,
If they do, you are but a sophisticated vandal.
Anything that is civilized helps abolish intolerance,
If it doesn't, it is yet another prehistoric nuisance.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Lives to Serve Before I Sleep
Lives to serve before I sleep,
Cause service is my salvation;
Wounds to heal before I sleep,
Cause time is wailing for absolution;
Bridges to build before I sleep,
Cause too many walls are raised already;
Peoples to unite before I sleep,
Cause civilization is trembling and walking unsteady.
Shackles to shatter before I sleep,
Cause corruption festers in the stagnant norm;
Labels to erase before I sleep,
Cause they've only confused our global dorm;
Sects to humanize before I sleep,
Cause segregation has weakened the human bond;
Blades to burn before I sleep,
Cause they've turned the world into a bloody pond.
Tears to wipe before I sleep,
Cause the society is lost in fun;
Homes to heal before I sleep,
Cause ego has wrecked the nests a ton;
Biases to alleviate before I sleep,
Cause bigotry has outweighed compassion;
Purity to pour before I sleep,
Cause all are chasing petty gratification.
Spirits to lift before I sleep,
Cause the minds are running dry;
Gods to build before I sleep,
Cause orthodoxy makes humanity cry;
Wars to end before I sleep,
Cause no life is expendable and puny;
Humans to raise before I sleep,
Cause where humans act human there reigns harmony.”
Source: Lives to Serve Before I Sleep
“Love alone brings order eternal,
Order brought by law is shortlived.
Only selfless lovers make good lawmakers,
All others are just playing make belief.
Let love come as apocalypse and wipe out,
All that is rigid, all that is prehistoric.
Welcome love into your life as a purifying force,
Let it bring you to life anew and terrific.
Life is terrific when life has love but,
To have love and to have lover ain't the same.
Lover isn't one who has someone to love them back,
But one who radiates love,
despite living in drought without rain.
None knows the value of rain,
But the land of eternal drought.
None knows the value of love,
But the heart that loves despite hurt.
Only the one who knows pain,
Can love another without gain.
Only the heart that knows hurt,
Can help another without rain.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“Not a kernel of kindness ever goes to waste, Not a gesture of gentleness ever goes awry. The unselfish one is the happiest person in the world, You'll find joy when you answer someone's cry.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“What is Divinity (The Sonnet)
Hands joined in prayer ain't no divinity,
Hands stretched in help are true divinity.
Saying grace before meal ain't divinity,
Graceful kindness is the actual divinity.
Marking a cross on yourself ain't divinity,
Crossing out the self for others is real divinity.
Confessing errors to a preacher ain't divinity,
Correcting errors by yourself is true divinity.
Selling glories of a dead messiah ain't divinity,
Refusing all glory to lift another is real divinity.
Sitting cross-legged in meditation ain't divinity,
Standing up bold against injustice is true divinity.
Divinity never comes from bible, marvel or vatican.
Burn yourself for others, and you'll know salvation.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers