Life Of Service Quotes

“All assume that the purpose of life is happiness - it's not - happiness is only a byproduct of service.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“You don't read about a life of service, you live it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“I Write to Destroy You (The Sonnet)

I don’t write to pamper your ego,
I don't write to give you comfort.
I don't write to teach you self-love,
I write to destroy all selfish thought.
I don't write to inspire your pride,
I don't write to cater to your insecurity.
I don't write to entertain shallowness,
I only write to abolish self-centricity.
I don't write to tickle the instaslaves,
I don't write to peddle false perfection.
I don't write to lick the privileged boots,
I write to make soldiers of self-annihilation.
My science and my art were born on the street.
That's where I learnt, all suffering is born of greed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“The lower you bow in front of the helpless, the higher you rise in front of the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live

“Corazón mine, don't you dare beat for me! Beat for those who have lost all melody.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“Expand yourself beyond yourself, and the world will be yours.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“Life of comfort is a life in vain, life of luxury is a life most lame, life of service is a life most sane.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“I don't write to inspire you, I write to destroy you, because without the bravehearts to destroy themselves, there'll be no society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“If only one person dies for the cause, a hundred people realize their humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“A life of struggle spent in service is far greater than a life of comfort spent in self-obsession.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“In times of disaster, be the armament to society, in times of celebration, be the ornament to society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“I bleed, so your children don't. I burn, so your children don't.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“A selfish heart is an ever-consuming desert - no matter how much water you pour, it still wants more, whereas an unselfish heart is an ever-giving ocean - no matter how much water you draw, it still has plenty to give everyone.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“There is no light at the end of the tunnel, for the very tunnel of darkness is a myth born of a selfish mind. Trample selfishness and the whole tunnel will turn into an infinite valley of light and liberty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“Unselfishness is the only love there is. In my teenage years I fell in love with humankind. Ever since then I've been an insane drunkard. I am so drunk with love for the people of earth that all the alcohol in the world holds no appeal for me.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“Giants in Jeans Sonnet 24

Who is to build the world?
Who is to raise the society?
Who is to water the plants?
Who is to stand up for sanity?
Who is to bear agony for community?
Who is to go hungry feeding another?
Who is to heal the sick while bleeding?
Who is to lift the lowly trotting fire?
Who is to burn alive to bring light?
Who is to walk on thorns to build the bridge?
Who is to be deceived yet stay humble?
Who is to lay down so others can climb the ridge?
It is you, o misfit, o explorer of impossibility,
Even if no one joins us, our world is our responsibility!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“Let us be oblivious to security and comfort, in our pursuit and practice of humanity. Let us be oblivious to personal happiness, in our endeavors into the impossibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“I'll be gone soon, but I'll leave behind enough soldiers to take care of this world for thousands of years.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live

“All humans are my sisters and brothers. Their happiness is my responsibility. Their safety is my responsibility. Their life is my responsibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Karadeniz Chronicle: The Novel

“They only know peace, who live in service.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“You can rip out my heart and you'll see the whole wide world reflected in it. What will I see in yours?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“In Work Be Restless (The Sonnet)

In work, be restless,
In love, be limitless,
In care, be oceandeep,
In service, be selfless.
In virtue, be skywide,
In justice, be incorruptible,
In integrity, be unbending,
In honor, be uncompromisable.
In culture, be without walls,
In courage, be endless,
In compassion, be senseless,
In character, be borderless.
Life's too grand to be wasted in gutter.
Expand your heart and you'll rise higher.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“You can put an end to my life, but you can't wipe out my light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“In work be restless, in love be limitless, in care be oceandeep, in service be selfless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Ripped jeans and twenty dollar shirt, that's how we'll change the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“For once in your life be a total idiot, for the right cause, for there is no righter cause than the cause of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“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.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“My first and foremost love is society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 4

Raise your power in silence,
Become a dynamite of resilience.
Head high and chest emboldened,
March on with uncorrupt conscience.
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.
Be the first when no one comes,
Be the last when all are gone.
Be the one who sits not still,
Be the rays of a dutiful dawn.
You are the order you seek outside.
To be human is to put coldness aside.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“The greatest sustainable enlightened service is the contribution that yields the biggest impact and the return of any investment for the specially targeted beneficiaries over the longest duration.”
― Master Del Pe