Browse 146 quotes about Humanist Poetry.
“Human of Revolution (The Sonnet)
Human of revolution is not a human of vengeance,
Human of evolution is not a human of recklessness.
If vengeance 'n recklessness ensured human rights,
The jungle would be the definition of kindness.
Let your blood boil in the course of justice 'n equality,
But don't become a monster in fighting monstrosity.
Let the prehistoric cycle of cruelty break with you,
So that humanity can dream beyond rights 'n dignity.
It's not about getting vengeance, or about getting even,
Justice begins with self-regulation, not law and order.
Can you tell right from wrong without involving law,
The day you do is the birth of actual, lasting order.
I say, revolution means defending without descending.
Hold their punches, hold your punches, 'n start dancing.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“Posh Yet Potty (The Sonnet)
One can be posh on the outside yet potty on the inside.
More often than less both of these go hand in hand.
Pedigree, personality, position, all are deemed important.
Amidst this royal mess of things we forget to be human.
We look at partisan loyalty, we look at intellectual fluency,
And in the process of analysis we end up a freudian chasm.
In order to find whether someone belongs in our camp,
We act less of a human and more of a lifeless algorithm.
It's okay if you don't know how to use spoon and fork.
What matters is, to reach out and feed an empty stomach.
It's okay if you don't know much fancy words and facts.
What matters is, your heart beats beyond the factual muck.
So, shitty or not we look on the outside, let's pay no attention,
Instead let us muster all spirit towards internal ascension.”
Source: Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race
“Facts and Belief (The Sonnet)
No belief is worth losing your humanity over,
No intellect is worth losing your kindness over.
Facts, faith, reason, religion all come later,
First and foremost we must humanize our behavior.
If a belief or intellect makes you a better person,
More power to your belief or intellect I say.
But if they become a hindrance to your humanity,
Throw it immediately like poison far, far away.
Beliefs have cast shadows of wars throughout history,
Facts have provided weapons for those wars.
Then again beliefs have taught us to love our neighbor,
Facts have helped us fight calamity and disorders.
Let all beliefs and facts be guided by a warm heart.
Warmth alone will make our world fit for human birth.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“World Without 9/11 (The Sonnet)
Better a kindhearted fool than a heartless tool,
Kindness is born when we aren't afraid of burning.
Coldness looks appealing on nuts and bolts,
On human beings it is absolutely unbecoming.
A world without 9/11 and January 6,
Begins with a heart without hate.
Cultural and racial profiling don't ensure security,
True security is born when we act as love incarnate.
The helpless, forgotten, discriminated and destitute,
Are my brothers and sisters, and I won't stop,
Till I lift them up to take their rightful place,
Upon the fabric of society, with my last blood drop.
Each and every breath of mine is public property.
Once I die for the people, then I can live in serenity.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“There is a bridge from my heart to yours,
But you won't fathom it with all the words.
Oneness is a bridge revealed in silence,
Can you hear the pitter-patter of teardrops!”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“United we are alive,
Divided we are dead.
Integrated we're lovers,
Divided we are duffers.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 78
Two is better than one,
Seven billion is better than two.
It's okay to collide on occasion so long as,
We're by each other when we are in doo-doo.
Every time we hold hands, magic happens,
This ain't the magic of our ignorant ancestors.
I am talkin' about the mortal magic of diversity,
The power that comes to life when we're together.
Remember this simple principle my friend,
Those who fall together, fly together.
Arms are just arms when separated,
But shield when held together.
We are a blessing when we stand together.
When divided, we are our worst nightmare.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“People are my almighty, Oneness is my religion, Division is degradation, Unification is illumination.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Raghead (The Sonnet)
Some call me raghead,
Some call me desert dweller.
Some call me curry-breath,
Some call me f-ing nigger.
This is not just my story,
But of every person of color.
In a world stolen by whites,
Anything non-white is inferior.
Upon receiving so much hate,
I admit, sometimes I do feel gloomy.
I know how it is to be cussed everyday,
So I choose love no matter the agony.
The tradition of hate has gone on long enough.
I choose to be the break in habit on the world's behalf.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“The tradition of hate has gone on long enough. I choose to be the break in habit on the world's behalf.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Nutty Community (The Sonnet)
Crazy am I, crazy are you,
When crazy together, we live anew.
Miserable am I, miserable are you,
When miserable together, I find joy in you.
Broken am I, broken are you,
When broken together, we are each other's glue.
Insecure am I, insecure are you,
When insecure together, we find it all untrue.
Disfunctional am I, disfunctional are you,
When disfunctional together, we function well.
Fallen am I, fallen are you,
When we fall together, we'll rise sure as hell.
Let us go against ourselves in defying self-centricity.
You be a nut, I'll be a nut, let's build a nutty community.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Life Beyond Rhyme (The Sonnet)
Those who don't do, bark,
Those who are humans, do.
Those who don't help, howl,
Those who are humans, help.
Those who don't lift, laugh,
Those who are humans, lift.
Those who don't encourage, cuss,
Those who are humans, encourage.
Those who don’t mend, mock,
Those who are humans, mend.
Those who got no vagina, patronize,
Those who are humans, grow vagina.
If we can love ourselves despite our flaws,
Why can't we be a little kind to others!”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“I Am Broken (The Sonnet)
Yes I do care, not about what the snobs say,
I care about how the deprived live.
Yes I am obsessed, not with looking fancy,
I am obsessed with alleviating others' grief.
Yes I am greedy, not for wealth and possession,
I am greedy to see sunshine on teary faces.
Yes I am nuts, not for perfection or fashion,
I am nuts about equity, honor and upliftment.
Yes I am scared, not that I may get hurt,
But that blinded by bias I may hurt someone.
Yes I am insecure, not about getting deceived,
But about losing control and causing harm.
Yes I am broken, unstable and bonkers as hell,
All 'cause others matter to me more than myself.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Beauty Ain't Beauty (The Sonnet)
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder,
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
Eyes have evolved not to perceive beauty,
But to look for a fertile progenitor.
All instincts of beauty are prehistoric,
All impulse of attraction is mere heat.
Such tendency is an act of animal libido,
It has nothing to do with human heartbeat.
If you wanna discover someone's beauty,
You gotta throw the dirt off your heart.
Observe their behavior outside the body,
Only then shall you witness true beauty's path.
Across the vacuum of body lies the valley of beauty.
Defy the vacuum, and you'll realize, beauty is divinity.”
Source: Bulldozer on Duty
“You Are The Universe (The Sonnet)
You don't carry the torch, you are the torch.
You don't build the bridge, you are the bridge.
You don't pave the way, you are the way.
You don't make peace, you are the peace.
You don't build the future, you are the future.
You don't build civilization, you are civilization.
You don't serve the society, you are the society.
You don't work for reform, you are reformation.
You don't walk the path, you are the path.
You don't lift humanity, you are the humanity.
You don't make progress, you are the progress.
You don't serve the community, you are community.
You don't live in the universe, you are the universe.
Dimension destiny unfolds only in the human heart.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“Ripped Jeans & Twenty Dollar Shirt (The Sonnet)
Ripped jeans and twenty dollar shirt,
That's how we'll change the world.
It is okay if your outside is dirty,
Make sure your heart is without dirt.
Too many people wear suits and boots,
In order to cover up the filth within.
Those who have their character intact,
Care not whether their clothes are shinin'.
The world needs purpose, integrity, honor,
None of which is predicated on clothes.
Those who think clothes make the person,
Will never discover any of the civilized roads.
Heart makes the person, heart makes the world.
A world without dirt comes from a heart without dirt.”
Source: Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race
“Sonnet of Struggle
The struggle of one,
Is the struggle of all.
Denying freedom to one,
Is the beginning of collective fall.
Lasting happiness for one,
Is in the happiness of community.
Even one soul without serenity,
Is a world without serenity.
The anguish of one,
Casts shadow on collective mind.
Even if one person falls behind,
It is the fall of all humankind.
Togetherness is another name for progress,
Together forever, either as lovers or ashes.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“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.”
Source: Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love
“To Live A Single Day (The Sonnet)
To live even for a single day,
In the full light of oneness.
To walk even for a single day,
In the full might of kindness.
To talk even for a single day,
In the full sight of humility.
To breathe even for a single day,
In the full height of amity.
To smile even for a single day,
Without a trace of hidden deceit.
To love even for a single day,
As an undeterred force of uplift.
Isn't that the highest sanity?
Isn't that the highest humanity?”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“Wipe Out The I (The Sonnet)
Once a person gives up all for others,
They'll achieve everything worth achieving.
The art of self-discovery is in self-annihilation,
Whereas self-obsession only causes suffering.
Once a person is insane with the sacrificial spirit,
They'll know the meaning of civilized sanity.
Once a person feels the joy of selflessness,
All worldly pleasures will turn into foul vanity.
Once a person hones the power of simplicity,
They'll trash all trace of pomposity from life.
Once a person senses the valor of humility,
They'll discard all arrogant divide.
Life is simple, but we mess it up with selfishness.
Wipe out the I, and you will taste its sweetness.”
Source: Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live
“If I have ten days to live, I'll spend one day gathering strength, so I can spend the rest nine days, helping and lifting the fallen.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Law of Sacrifice (The Sonnet)
The more you give life,
The more you'll have life.
The more you give light,
The more you'll have light.
The more the I gets lost in others,
The more you'll end all bigoted strife.
The more you take pain for those around,
The more you'll know the joy of life.
Worst of all superstitions is selfishness,
It keeps an animal from becoming human.
Let the mind be cleansed of all self,
So our heart becomes a mirror for every person.
Reject all selfishness that makes you cold and blind.
Sacrifice is the law behind all love and light.”
Source: Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live
“Justice is a descendant of love.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 41
Don't worship your past,
At the expense of your present.
Don't glorify the future,
At the expense of the present.
Don't worship the dead,
At the expense of the living.
Don't admire the unborn,
While overlooking the living.
It's only by lifting the living that,
We build a better world for all progeny.
It's only by being kind to the living,
That we truly honor our ancestry.
Honor is earned not begged for.
Honor the living, ‘n all time will be grateful.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Be the heart that loves and lifts, be the hand that shares might. Feel the talk and talk the feel, be the mirror of sight beyond sight.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Human is born, not when the water breaks,
Human is born, when the bias breaks.
Person grows, not when the body grows,
But when the mind outgrows fear and prejudices.”
Source: Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World
“One heart joins another,
Thus the world comes to life.
Heart is a miracle, not merchandise,
Place the heart above all else in life.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“I am the spirit of love,
you are the spirit of love,
spirit knows no separation.
Heart supreme is being supreme,
No heart is higher than
the one untainted by division.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Walk La Solo Ray (Sonnet 1006)
Heart immeasurable is measure supreme,
All other measures are caveman's dilemma.
What measured minds deem as blasphemy,
The immeasurable deem the end of myopia.
You can inherit money, not mind,
You can inherit cash, not character.
When heritage makes mind petrified of mind,
It is not heritage but a humanitarian disaster.
So what, if the measured don't flock behind,
Like they frolic on the beaches of frivolity!
The sun above burns alone giving light to all,
While the hyenas below never run out of company.
Defy all old and new that desecrate the heart away.
Hearken to no inherited fear, and walk, la solo ray.”
Source: The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo
“Oneness is the path,
Oneness is the pedestrian.
Either we are all one,
Or ever-battling barbarian.”
Source: Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love
“Diversity is No Gimmick (The Sonnet)
Diversity is no gimmick,
Diversity is no belief.
Diversity is life itself,
Diversity is uplift.
Diversity is sanity,
Diversity is joy.
Diversity is monsoon,
After a drought most dry.
There ain't no humanity,
If there is no diversity.
We ain't no human,
If inside we have no amity.
It ain't enough to talk of toleration!
Each of us is to be the vessel of unification.”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“Peace across prejudice, harmony across hatred, that is sapiens.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“Consensus of Heart (The Sonnet)
Place truth at the feet of love,
Intellect at the feet of integration.
Place belief at the feet of harmony,
Stubbornness at the feet of ascension.
Place tradition at the feet of expansion,
Individuality at the feet of collectivity.
Place knowledge at the feet of warmth,
Patriotism at the feet of world community.
Place differences at the feet of unity,
Rebellion at the feet of accountability.
Place serenity at the feet of social uplift,
Practicality at the feet of dignity 'n equality.
Whether there is consensus of head or not,
Let us first ensure consensus of the heart.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“Halkat Humans (The Sonnet)
The history of human progress,
Is the history of halkat* humans.
Only the *loco make the earth civilized,
By growing out of habits and traditions.
Habits of yesterday are a gutter of biases,
Hence they ain't the right habits of today.
Let us not confuse them as modern identity,
Let us not endorse them throwing reason away,
Traditions born of bigotry and ignorance,
Are hardly a measure of civilization.
Measure of civilization is an expanding spirit,
One that ever evolves discarding superstition.
Turn your heart into a khichdi (fusion) of cultures,
And behold o mighty human, as all division disappears.”
Source: Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather
“Difference & Discrimination (The Sonnet)
There ain't no difference that can't be conquered,
Except for those that are rooted in inhumanity.
A bigot's emphasis on their supremacy over others,
Is not a difference in opinion but clinical insanity.
Nobody is inferior to nobody in this world of ours,
Except for those who think of others as such.
Neither ancestry nor luxury defines a character,
Conduct alone defines character, above all fuss.
Say, discrimination is not a difference in opinion,
It's an act that sets animals apart from humans.
Free speech is a phenomenon of human society,
Hate speech is an act of stoneage barbarians.
Let us distinguish differences from discrimination,
Then celebrate differences while treating discrimination.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Milkyway Messiah (The Sonnet)
Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata,
Cada vez que los oprimidos claman esperanza,
Siyasi hayvanlar ne zaman gelip nefret satarsa,
Whenever morons 'n their yes men ruin armonia,
Jab jab some jhandus rashtrabadka jhanda lehraye,
När kärleken till lyx väger tyngre än socialt ansvar,
Immer wenn das herz von gier überwältigt wird,
When humility is trampled by megalomaniacal desire,
Sempre que a bondade é dominada pelo intelecto,
Quando la compassione è sopraffatta dall'indifferenza,
Kapag tinanggap ang pagiging makasarili bilang batas,
Whenever accountability is deemed as misdemeanor,
Embracing affliction, from the dust 'n dirt of soil 'n street,
You the Milkyway Messiah is to rise as the sentient shield.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“People Over Path (The Sonnet)
Celebrities defend vanity,
Intellectuals defend intellect,
Preachers defend scriptures,
Scientists defend factual evidence.
I found plenty of human professions,
But in none of them I found a human.
All are obsessed to defend their path,
Yet all paths are dead without a human.
No matter who we are or what we are,
Above all else our identity is humanness.
If this simple fact is still not clear enough,
All vanity, intellect, texts and science are baseless.
Before defending a puny path, let us take a human peek.
If we must defend, let us defend the helpless and weak.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“The Empowered Sonnet
Woman empowered is civilization empowered.
Dream empowered is progress empowered.
Parents empowered is children empowered.
Teachers empowered is future empowered.
Don't defund the police, use those funds,
To send the officers to behavioral therapy.
To have an understanding of justice and order,
We must have a grip over our impulses and biases.
Discrimination don't disappear if we shut our eyes,
Each of us must live as an antidote to discrimination.
Ignorance doesn't become knowledge when peddled by scripture,
Better burn all scriptures if they peddle hate and division.
To conquer our biases and stereotypes is to conquer inhumanity.
To expand our heart beyond assumption is to empower humanity.”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“I say this with all my humility,
To the fundamentalists particularly.
This is not meant for those of faith,
Who never claim ideological supremacy.
What do the dumbbells of bible know,
About the bold serendipities of love!
What do the captives of koran know,
About the welcoming language of the dove!
What do the vultures of vedas know,
About the elimination of assumption!
What do the militants of atheism know,
About the sweetness of assimilation!
I learnt my religion on the streets,
Like Jesus, Gautama, Shams and Shankara.
Given the choice between dogma and love,
The human always chooses love over dogma.
Love finds new meaning in every age,
Each amplifies the glory of the last one.
Those who fear expansion out of insecurity,
Deserve only pity not serious consideration.
But beware o lovers, hate not those,
Who stand as obstacle in your love.
Lovers are born to conquer hate and fear,
To reciprocate them is to dishonor love.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“What is Afterlife (The Sonnet)
Read a few books, you live a little.
Help a few beings, you live a lifetime.
Heaven is not a place high above the sky,
Heaven is the moment you're someone's lifeline.
Even I enjoy a good dc and marvel story,
But it mustn't turn you blind to reality.
To live selfish is the animal's purgatory,
To die while living for others is humanity.
Memory is the fabric upon which time is carved.
Where there is no memory, there is no time.
Neurons are the building blocks of mind and memory.
Where there is no neuron, there is no paradise.
There's not one but two paradise, one real, another fiction.
The real one is made of action, the other imagination.”
Source: Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was
“Uncomfortable Illumination (The Sonnet)
Barbarism, thy name is Britain.
Racism, thy name is America.
Regress, thy name is Turkey.
Intolerance, thy name is India.
Superstition, thy name is East Europe.
Megalomania, thy name is Russia.
Snobbery, thy name is West Europe.
Shallowness, thy name is South Korea.
Only "humans" living in these lands,
Will realize the truth in these words.
Whereas the practitioners of prejudice,
Will blow steam out of their ears.
Ignorance, thy name is Sapiens.
Illumination begins with illness acknowledgment.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“Esperanza Impossible Sonnet 39
I need a religion,
With less pomposity and more simplicity.
I need a religion,
With less noise and more tranquility.
I need a religion,
With less pollution and more sustainability.
I need a religion,
With less malnutrition and more magnanimity.
I need a religion,
With less citadels and more sidewalk.
I need a religion,
With less barking and more footwork.
Yet when I look around I get choked with all the pollution.
Perhaps the religion I seek doesn't exist, for I am my religion.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“The Himalayan Sonneteer
Anybody can be extraordinary,
If they are born into privilege.
But only the ones with no background,
Can exude the impossible radiance.
Some lights are far too bright,
For an amateur species to see.
Just like we can't hear above 20 kHz,
Humanity fails to fathom impossibility.
That's why they idolize artificial lights,
Because the sun is beyond comprehension.
If they ever stare straight at the sun,
They'll go blind for sure, there is no question.
So they celebrate little hills with skin-deep charisma,
While it takes the world centuries to fathom the Himalayas.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“Moronation Street (Sonnet 1013)
Nationalism is modern cannibalism,
As such nationalism is terrorism.
Royalty is an act of crime,
Obsessive Bloodline Disorder is clinical barbarism.
Character and excellence are the measure of life,
Not some cavemen constructs of blood and borders.
When the I disappears and the world appears,
That's when the animal disappears and the human appears.
Fundamentalism is the antithesis of religion,
For religion oughta bring inclusion not division.
Nationalism is the desecration of a nation's humane identity,
Each nation's security is predicated on collective ascension.
Enough with the coronation of morons -
enough with moronation!
Beyond blood and border await the streets of civilization.”
Source: The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo
“Whatever I wear is fashion,
Whatever I speak is law.
However I behave is religion,
My presence puts space-time in awe.”
Source: Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home
“Run a layer of skin smoothening on a picture,
And it enhances the quality of the picture.
Run the smoothening more than is necessary,
And you ruin the very life of the picture.”
Source: Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home
“Run a layer of skin smoothening on a picture,
And it enhances the quality of the picture.
Run the smoothening more than is necessary,
And you ruin the very life of the picture.
Likewise, logical thinking in moderation,
Enhances the quality of life.
But practice logic beyond proportion,
And you ruin the sweetness of life.”
Source: Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home
“Conform to no inkling ancestral,
Conform to no habit historical.
Conform to no force external,
Submit only to love universal.”
Source: Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World
“To name me is to maim me,
To inflame me is to inhale me.
In a world so native yet foreign,
I am just a Visvadesi (global native).”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Sonnet 1103
Our ancestors are not the boss of us,
Life must be dictated by living conscience.
Dead people may have the right to make suggestions,
But they do not have the right to issue mandates.
Our ancestors belong in history books,
Our descendants belong in comic books.
Only we are alive to belong here and now,
Don't waste that life, submissive to books.
Too much involvement in the past cripples your present,
The same is true with too much involvement in the future.
If you are oblivious to the human condition of now and here,
Ignorance and intellect will equally end up causing disaster.
Use past and future as markers of direction,
But never as authority on living tradition.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo