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Terry Pratchett, patron of @humanists.uk died #OnThisDay in 2015. As he said, ‘No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.’ As a campaigner, thinker, and creator of worlds, he will live long. #thelittlebookofhumanism @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Our Vice President Alice Roberts on the humanist approach to life, as taken from the #TheLittleBookofHumanism, a recommended title for your #HumanistBookshelf!
Throughout history there have been non-religious people who have believed that this life is the only life we have, that the universe is a natural phenomenon with no supernatural side - using reason and humanity to guide us... Today, people who hold these beliefs and values are called humanists' Alice Roberts, Scientist, author, humanist.
September 28, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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GNU Terry Pratchett.

We love this distinctly Pratchett quote, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism.

'I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angle.'

Terry Pratchett – author and humanist.

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I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel. Terry Pratchett.
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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And of course, we have to include Juno. Our Chief Executive, @andrewcopson.bsky.social 's dog! Here's Juno doing her part to promote #TheLittleBookofHumanism. #Internationaldogday
August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Humanist and author Kurt Vonnegut died #OnThisDay 2007. So it goes.

Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - god damn it, you've got to be kind.' Kurt Vonnegut. Author and humanist.
April 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Humanist and author Kurt Vonnegut was born on this day 1922.

Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
Humanists UK Logo. Picture of Kurt Vonnegut. Quote: 'Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know o it, babies - god damn it, you've got to be kind.' Kurt Vonnegut. Author and humanist.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Here's a lovely quote by humanist favourite George Eliot about a love of nature, taken from her novel The Mill on the Floss. It features in #TheLittleBookofHumanism! She was born #OnThisDay 1819.
We could never have loved the Earth so well if we had had no childhood in it, if it were not the Earth where the same flowers comes up against every spring that we used to gather with our tiny fingers as we sat lisping on ourselves on the grass.
November 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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'The meaning of life is to live it, as wholly as we can, as abundantly as we can, as bravely as we can, here and now.' A wonderful words by child psychologist, educationalist and humanist James Hemming ❤️#TheLittleBookofHumanism
The meaning of life is to live it, as wholly as we can, as abundantly as we can, as bravely as we can, here and now, sharing the experience with others, caring for others as we care for ourselves, and accepting our responsibility for leaving the world better than we found it. James Hemming.
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Inspiring words by the humanist & astronomer Carl Sagan, born #onthisday in 1934. Featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism
November 9, 2023 at 1:20 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Far ahead of his time, he stood for women’s suffrage in 1910, challenged Victorian morals in Marriage and Morals (1929), and later joined the Homosexual Law Reform Society. His humanism meant empathy in action – equality, freedom, and happiness for all.

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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible and let your reactions to things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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From now until Christmas I'll be doing my own little advent calendar using pages from the Little Book series, co-written with Alice Roberts. Day 1, my all-time favourite humanist, the wonderful George Eliot 🎄🤶🎁 #thelittlebookofhumanism
December 6, 2023 at 12:09 PM