Social Work Quotes

“As helpers, we often feel the need to see our impact in tangible, measurable ways. We allow negative language into our head about the “broken system;” we look through a lens of “it doesn’t matter, I can’t make a difference”. These ideas are surely contributing to our burnout.”
― Jenn Bruer, Helping Effortlessly: A Book of Inspiration and Healing

“One sacrifice awakens millions, One life resuscitates humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Smiling through martyrdom,
I magnetize magnanimity.
One sacrifice awakens millions,
One life resuscitates humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“One sacrifice awakens millions.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Human is bandaid to human burn,
Human is ointment to human yearn.
Human is morning to human mourn,
Human is cure born of human churn.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“I'm Here to Destroy You
(Sonnet of Naskars)

I'm not here to comfort you,
I'm here to make you restless.
I'm not here to enlighten you,
I'm here to destroy you peaceless.

When one Naskar dies,
a thousand Naskars will rise.
The duties of Naskar are too heavy
for self-coddling cowards to carry.

That's why, I'm here to destroy you,
your last ounce of self care and peace.
Doing what you need to sustain yourself is
one thing, but to obsess over it is cowardice.

I got no business with such cowardly insects,
who try to hide pettiness with perfectionism.
Give me ten messy vessels restless for purpose,
I shall give the world 10,000 years of ascension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“I got no business with such cowardly insects, who try to hide pettiness with perfectionism. Give me ten messy vessels restless for purpose, I shall give the world 10,000 years of ascension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“Donning the cap of curiosity,
Heart firmly rooted in humility,
Wielding the wonder of living morale,
Be the one-sided lover to humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“World is My Brotherhood
(Sonnet 1616)

No neighborhood without brotherhood,
No sainthood without martyrdom.
Martyrdom doesn't mean dying in body,
but to be lost in others' ascension.

You're born with a human backbone,
Don't let it be vilified by cowardice.
Backbone responsible is backbone honored,
Backbone responsible is antidote to malice.

World is in your care, carry it with grace.
No bigger disgrace than backbone bending!
Find a cause that honors your human backbone,
Humans can break, while animals bend for nothing.

Stars-n-stripes, union jack, all trivial,
for the world is my neighborhood.
I got no brotherhood of cult or creed,
for the world is my brotherhood.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“Amidst the sea of joy-seeking juveniles,
Be the one anomaly that feasts on pain.
Seek out the pain among those around,
Rush down to heal like monsoon rain.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“Seek yourself in the joy of neighbors,
You shall know the meaning of justice.
Seek yourself in smiles of the world,
You shall emerge as antidote to malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“... if each social worker I had actually engaged with me and wasn't too preoccupied with their workload, and they actually gave professional helpto kids, it would have made things better.”
― Rebekah Pierre, Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System As Told By People Who Actually Get It

“Amor Armada (The Sonnet)

I don't do drugs,
languages are my LSD.
Half-lovers crave escape,
I crave absolute unity.

Music is my MDMA,
Cultures, my cocaine.
Languages are my LSD,
People are my heaven.

Those drunk on love, language and
culture, need no artificial stimulant.
Only the half-lovers and the half-dead,
chase booze, drugs and institutions.

I'm drunk with the spirit of sacrifice,
You can keep your puny bottled charisma.
In a world of broken glass and
cigarette buds, I am Amor Armada.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Abigitano: El Divino Refugiado

“Music is my MDMA,
Cultures, my cocaine.
Languages are my LSD,
People are my heaven.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Abigitano: El Divino Refugiado

“I'm drunk with the spirit of sacrifice,
You can keep your puny bottled charisma.
In a world of broken glass and
cigarette buds, I am Amor Armada.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Abigitano: El Divino Refugiado

“Buddhas, Christs and Mevlanas don't live in caves, they walk amongst you. You know why? Because we cannot change the world from the sidelines. You may play the make believe of nonattachment all you want - and it may bring you personal comfort for the time being, but it doesn't alleviate human suffering from the world one bit.

The enlightenment bit is a small part of the equation. How you live afterwards determines the true worth of that enlightenment. If your idea of enlightenment revolves around some prehistoric routine of sitting and chanting, or crouching and praying, then such enlightenment is no enlightenment, but derangement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Life is an instrument of light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Be the living hope in action,
Not a couched coward of inaction.
Crushing all cowardice of detachment,
Get involved bravely till annihilation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“No sewage is ever sanctified without sewage-workers,
No society is ever civilized without reformers.
No mutation ever occurs without an anomaly,
No world is brought to life without love-laborers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“There is no sunrise without sacrifice,
There is no unity without inclusion.
There is no love without conviction,
There is no justice without unsubmission.

No sewage is ever sanctified without sewage-workers,
No society is ever civilized without reformers.
No mutation ever occurs without an anomaly,
No world is brought to life without love-laborers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“My divinity is not rooted
in god or scripture,
my divinity is rooted
in human welfare.

My science is not rooted
in cold logic venture,
my science is rooted
in human welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Rise my lions, roar my lions!
Prayers are flooding in -
who'll bring reliance!”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“If bloodline dictated destiny,
We'd still be dangling from trees.
Not that we've done much better,
But at least there is possibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“My soldiers don't need guns,
My soldiers don't need bombs.
Their backbone is power enough,
To electrify their struggle upward.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Rise, revolt and roar for reform,
then you are my soldier of dawn.
Awake, aspire, and ascend in light,
then you are my fulfilled vision.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“You don't need to be worth millions to be of value to the human world. Lend a hand to those in need, and you're worth more than the billionaires.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Show me a spark of social responsibility, I shall turn it into humanitarian wildfire.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“My soldiers are my gift to cosmos,
archaic narrowness is no match for them.
I got martyred in the making of a life,
to shine as beacon for generations to come.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Forget about afterlife, focus on afterlight, light that is left behind, by your deeds of life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“When world cries blood
(The Sonnet)

When world cries blood,
your blood ought to boil.
If you feel nothing at all,
you're a stain upon the soil.

Fire in blood you can't inherit,
Wake up to duty and ignite yourself.
Second hand souls boasts bloodline,
Humans weave nobility with actions.

When the world cries blood,
backbone oughta spark thunder.
If you feel nothing at all,
file for a bankrupt character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations