Peace Poetry Quotes

“Unspoken Truths (The Sonnet)

Democracy is people-approved dictatorship,
Military is people-approved genocide.
Atom bombs are people-approved armageddon,
In conscience-court all guilty of homicide.

There is no time left, for there never was time,
Time begins with the beginning of civilization.
And civilization is something we are yet to find,
Hence, there is no question of clock progression.

Nationalist chimps sell war in the name of security,
Stoneage civilians rush to bulk-buy graveyard plots.
Merchant of murder, you, yell about peacekeeping,
While you feast on nationalism like wet little cods!

When cavemen take pride in their national glory of death,
Sanctuary becomes asylum for the lunatic walking dead!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Democracy is people-approved dictatorship,
Military is people-approved genocide.
Atom bombs are people-approved armageddon,
In conscience-court all guilty of homicide.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“People are the truth of life,
Not some beliefs and biases.
People are the magic of my words,
People are the center of my poetries.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“A 10 ounce book brings more peace than a 20 pounds machine gun.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Not Evolved For Peace (The Sonnet)

Human mind has not evolved to find peace,
It has evolved to be anxious, insecure and panic.
In the jungle once you let your guard down,
To the predator you shall end up as dinner meat.
Which means to be at peace and to make peace,
We gotta go against our most natural tendency.
We gotta nourish the feeble spark of civility within,
To transform the norm from cruelty to humanity.
Biologically, cruelty is our first nature,
And that's where all the trouble begins.
We gotta know we are more animal than human,
To discover ways to tame the animal inklings.
Human mind may not have evolved to be at peace.
But if we are willing to be the civilized anomaly,
slowly but surely we shall foster all necessary peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“If a tree falls in a forest, and you are not there, it is okay that you do not hear. But if a child cries in a warzone, and you are not there, is it still okay that you do not hear?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“A 10 ounce book brings more peace,
Than a 20 pounds machine gun.
A 3 pound brain brings more order,
Than 300 pounds of uranium.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Thus Peace Begins (The Sonnet)

Peace begins with society,
Society begins with individuality.
Individuality begins with liberty,
Liberty begins with accountability.
Accountability comes from unity,
Unity comes through community.
Community comes through diversity,
Diversity comes through inclusivity.
Inclusivity comes through nonrigidity,
Nonrigidity comes through curiosity.
Curiosity comes through expansivity,
Expansivity comes through evolvability.
Evolvability comes through taming animality.
Animality is tamed when we prioritize humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Let us just be human,
This year, and every year.
With this hate-defying hope,
I wish you a happy new year.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Peace is an act of civic duty, not a task for the world leaders.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Centurion Sermon (Sonnet 1005)

Peace is an act of ceasefire,
Peace is an act of disarmament.
If you don't get this simple fact,
You need lessons on common sense.

Beer is no bravery,
Guns ain't no gallantry,
Dump your bazookas in museum,
Smell the roses with some coffee.

Dump your scripture, pick up a sport,
You'll learn a lot about honor and camaraderie.
Dump your constitution, pick up gardening,
You'll learn plenty about preserving life 'n liberty.

Nationalism is the greatest threat to peace.
Fundamentalism is the greatest threat to harmony.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Beer is no bravery,
Guns ain't no gallantry,
Dump your bazookas in museum,
Smell the roses with some coffee.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Pick up a broom, not bombs,
Wield a mop, not weapons
of mass destruction.
Sacred minds make sacred society,
Peace comes when the very thought
of arms causes repulsion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home

“Peace is not a cause,
Peace is a pause -
Pause in hate and greed,
Pause in gain and loss.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“I speak the tongues of earth,
I sing the songs of earth.
Forever I find myself,
In many fervors of earth.

Ain't got no single nation,
Ain't got no single culture.
Human am I, I belong to humans,
Come hell or come high water!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Ain't got no single nation,
Ain't got no single culture.
Human am I, I belong to humans,
Come hell or come high water!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Shedding all fears both ragged and posh, let's go play in the courtyard of the cosmos!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Be love and be light -
watch the fall of worldly fright.
Be free and be responsible -
watch the society take its flight.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“You don't conquer heart by acting on assumption,
You don't conquer division by acting on ideology.
You don't conquer hate by means of intellectualism,
You don't conquer war by deploying more military.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Visvavictor Sonnet

I am not a poet,
I am a paradigm.
I am no religionist,
But the source divine.
More than a scientist,
I'm a compass to science.
I am not a philosopher,
But a purposeful alliance.
I am not some legal giant,
But a valley of lawless order.
Transcending Sieg Heil and Star Spangled Banner,
I am the Visva (world), I am the Victor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“When the mind is one piece,
there will be peace of mind.
When the earth is one piece,
there will be peace on earth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“End of Fear (Sonnet 1172)

Where the end of fear ends all barrier,
Where biases no longer run amok,
Where end of assumption sets forth ascension,
Where heritage no more wreaks havoc,

Where the head is without bent,
and the heart is never skint,
Where the spine is without dent,
and the eyes are without squint,

Where Christian, Muslim, Sikh 'n Jew,
sit and share a cup of stew,
Where Buddhist, Atheist, Jain, Hindu,
live and laugh as one life crew,

There beyond, where sentience lets no storm to brew,
Out of the fossil, into the fervor, I shall meet you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Don't sync your heartbeats
to the drumbeats of war.
Strum the chords of coexistence
on the frets of fervor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“It's a new world we gotta build -
Founded on love, tempered by reason.
If we must keep the borders,
let's keep them as external necessity,
not as internal prison.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Strum on heartstrings the song of synergy,
Be the headstrong harbinger of harmony.
Coexistence is existence when human is whole,
Wake up to duty, geopolitics will be history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Life is love, love is life -
all other existence is null and void.
World is love, love is the world -
all other paradigm is poison voyage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Sonnet 1147

Only way to grow together as a couple,
is to nourish each other's individual growth.
Only way to grow together as a society,
is to empower each other's personal growth.

Learn from Manu, Majnun, Vyas and M.A.S.H,
Absorb all good like an eager sponge.
Tradition of tribe has outstayed its welcome,
Now outgrow the fences across fearful hunch.

Na desi, na videsi,
Banna hai to bano visvadesi.
Bohot aye despar marnevaale,
Des ke par chalo sudhare
insani zindagi.

Ni local, ni extranjero,
Simplemente seamos humano.
Más allá de la patria,
más allá de la muerte,
Vivamos como un planeta pueblo.

Ni obediente, ni opresivo -
Luchando por igualdad seremos humano.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“The world has gone mad. Again. …
                                                …The fires burn
in the streets at night. The checkpoints flow
with blood and tears. And most of us just want
to go to work, have coffee with friends, teach
our children something other than this craziness
in a world gone mad. Again…”
― Michael Dickel, War Surrounds Us

“Until the entire earth is one nation, there is no earth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Democracy is people-approved dictatorship.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth