Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.

My spirit is healthy, yes. But I tell you, my flesh is healthy too. I am enlightened and free, but I am also lustful and carnal.

Saya akan lebih mendulukan kebenaran-kebenaran universal, bukan hutang budi, bukan kewajiban moral dan bukan juga pengabdian buta.

[Scientific humanism is] the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature.

The progress of the world can certainly never come at all save by the modified action of the individual beings who compose the world.

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

Psychology either tends to glorify human beings or trivialize them, leaving out the complexity of the human soul and the demands of God.

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.

There is no actual need of humans to be a pious like an angel, it's a big chase to be a human and for me it's enough to be a human.

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.

We've never heardAbout a marvel quite so great,For all the heroes who have livedIn history can't measure upIn bravery against the Maid.

Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.