Social Reformer Quotes

“As a kid I only wanted one thing - immortality!
So I worked at it secretly.
How does a mortal become immortal?
By giving up their mortality
in the cause of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.
Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“There's a terrorist in all of us,
as well as a transformer.
Decision is totally yours,
Wreak havoc or rise a reformer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Heaven’s Janitor (Sonnet 1024)

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.

Heart is heaven,
Heart holds the Qi.
No magic, no myth, nothing supernatural,
just a whole lot of humanity.

Qi, Atman, Sentience, Corazon,
All are but varied names of humanity.
Put superstitions aside and you'll find,
Just plain goodness is the supreme epitome.

Mop all menacing inhumanity out of your heart.
And society will be cleansed of all primeval dirt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home

“Combustion (Sonnet 1035)

You only see the light of the sun,
But not the combustion agony.
You only see the act of creation,
But not the pain of creativity.
You only see the light of genius,
But not the price of genius.
You only see the flight of triumph,
But not the tragedies one has to cross.
You are replenished by the monsoon rain,
You got no clue ‘bout the burden of the cloud.
You only see the glamor of my victory,
Not the heartbreaks I don't scream out loud.
Everybody wants to shine, that is no glory.
Only those with character can bear combustion agony.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home

“States rise, states fall,
but cultures are everlasting.
Isms arrive, isms wither,
but human spirit is evergreen.

You don't have to support
the state to love the culture.
You may be deemed enemy of the state,
and still be a hero of the culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Despite the noises,
Despite the compulsions,
Despite the lack of silver spoon,
Despite all third world obstructions -
If a dropout vagabond could do so much,
What holds you back from expansion!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Heroes of culture are often branded as enemy of the state.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“To you who mean well, your death is the end of your story. My death is the beginning of a legend.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Ben seni rahat etmeye gelmedim,
Ben seni berbat etmeye geldim.
I have come to destroy every
last trace of the prehistoric you,
so that a new human can usher
into a new world - a kind world,
a curious world, a human world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Conscience is the cement
that settles character in place.
Character is the cement
that settles civilization in place.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“I don't care for booze, drugs, God or government, I only care for human upliftment. I can accept anything and everything that facilitates human welfare, but I have zero tolerance for derangement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“I am the person
beyond the paradigm,
I am but a reflection
of the best of humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“First Language (The Sonnet)

English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.

Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.

Analog is my second passion,
My first passion is dialogue.
Law is my second task, my first,
Is taking beings out of the bog.

All labels are second labels,
Our native label is human.
All tradition is second tradition,
Earth's native tradition is compassion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.
Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.
All labels are second labels,
Our native label is human.
All tradition is second tradition,
Earth's native tradition is compassion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“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

“Division is everywhere,
Inclusion under attack.
Morning sun is like antiseptic,
to the germs of hate and hurt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Ominous though the night bring fright,
Disastrous though the day might strike.
Hand on chest, with spine unbent,
Reformer walks as ray of right.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“When all pretend gentle,
I admit, I'm mental.
To the peace of intolerance,
I'm damn detrimental.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Mine ain't hands but hammer -
to knock down walls of prejudice.
Mine ain't brain but bulldozer -
to crush all bigoted rubbish.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Prayerism is self-preservation, activism is world-preservation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“I am Justice absolute!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Thousand Naskars (The Sonnet)

When one Naskar dies in body,
Thousand Naskars will take his place.
Cowards seek comfort in reincarnation,
While the brave step in to fill the void.

Don't you dare make a cult of me,
Waiting for yet another second coming!
Reclaim your life from the land of myths,
Wishful inaction is most unbecoming.

Charge up your mind with facts and reason,
Charge up your heart with love and vision.
Backbone alive repels cowardly inaction,
Even if peddled by thousand year tradition.

When one Naskar dies in body,
Thousand Naskars will take his place.
Naskar the person died a long time ago,
What speaks to you is Naskar the oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Reformer holds no allegiance to ideology,
Reformer holds no allegiance to culture.
Reformer doesn't have such primitive luxury,
Reformer's sight draws the humanitarian picture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Give Me A Keyboard,
I'll Give You Revolution
(The Sonnet)

I just want to write -
that's all I ever want -
to write, write and write!
The day the words stop coming,
will be my last corporeal night.

Either I shall die by an assassin's bullet,
or I shall die on my keyboard,
but I refuse to die of old-age and disease.
Death scares those who are scared of life,
I have already lived my life in service.

I live on keyboard, I'll die on keyboard,
Keyboard is my instrument of illumination.
Nothing short could satisfy my palate -
Give me a keyboard, I'll give you revolution.

With my keyboard I've defended the meek,
With my keyboard I've castrated the pricks.
With my keyboard I've brought down dictators,
With my keyboard I've schooled bigoted pigs.

With my keyboard I've raised Gods by hundreds,
With my keyboard I've delivered world-builders.
With my keyboard I've produced hatebusters,
With my keyboard I've raised bulldozers.

Death is but a myth - body dies, not bulldozer;
Body is merely a vessel for the mission.
If you want your ideas to live forever,
You gotta sacrifice your life for a vision.

I never lived as body, but only as a dream -
My life is testament to the dream of united earth.
I don't have a message, for I am the message -
Sacrifice is beacon, that illuminates the universe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“With my keyboard I've defended the meek,
With my keyboard I've castrated the pricks.
With my keyboard I've brought down dictators,
With my keyboard I've schooled bigoted pigs.

With my keyboard I've raised Gods by hundreds,
With my keyboard I've delivered world-builders.
With my keyboard I've produced hatebusters,
With my keyboard I've raised bulldozers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Be a swan amidst swine,
Be water amidst wine.
When all be walking veggies,
Unleash your upright spine.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“I don't care if my blood courses through your veins, I only care whether my ideas electrify your nerves. I don't give a damn if I leave no bloodly offspring, my sole objective is to leave behind godly bravehearts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“You are the eyeway to illumination,
You are the spineway to invigoration.
You are the headway to inspiration,
You are the heartway to assimilation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Burn my books, and go lift the world!
Let me live in your blood, not in books.
Fetch your nerves and wield your backbone,
You are the cure to the paradigm of crooks.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations