Blind Faith Quotes

“Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without reason, by a miracle, and from then on to swim in it as in the brightest and least ambiguous of elements: even a glance towards land, even the thought that one perhaps exists for something else as well as swimming, even the slightest impulse of our amphibious nature — is sin! And notice that all this means that the foundation of belief and all reflection on its origin is likewise excluded as sinful. What is wanted are blindness and intoxication and an eternal song over the waves in which reason has drowned.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

“Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities. Man did. God didn’t draw up religious barriers to separate us from each other. Man did. And on top of that, no father would like to see his children fighting or killing each other. The Creator favors the man who spreads loves over the man who spreads hate. A religious title does not make anyone more superior over another. If a kind man stands by his conscience and exhibits truth in his words and actions, he will stand by God regardless of his faith. If mankind wants to evolve, we must learn from our past mistakes. If not, our technology will evolve without us.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument.”
― Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio

“If all men are made in God's reflection, then why do some people continue to acknowledge only what is in their part of the mirror? If every man was created equal and in the image of God, then how can any man claim that one race is better than another?”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems we're told will always always last
Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast
Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast."

(History Will Teach Us Nothing)”
― Sting, Nothing Like the Sun

“God seemed to have become a brand, a packaging, and people purchase this trusted brand with such faith and devotion that they no longer care who the vendor is.”
― Justin Villanueva, Conversations with the Light Bearer

“It is debatable whether blind faith is truly faith at all. Faith is the perceptive gray area where scientific facts meet an individual's experiential truths - the extreme of the former is left feeling in the dark whereas the latter is caught blinded by the light. By proper scientific method, it is intellectually dishonest for me to declare the existence of God with utmost certainty, but to my individual spirit, I would be intellectually dishonest to deny the existence of God even for a second. This leaves the best of both worlds, as the believer is called to be able to give reasons for his faith, a deviation from mere fantasy.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“[He] seemed to possess, beneath it all, an immutable sense of self-assurance, but in addition to that, the look of a man ensnared by what he perceived to be his own Duty. A Duty that effervesced inside of him impatiently, dry at the mouth, shaking feverishly, and holding its breath in anticipation for—not his action, but in fact—the fruits of his actions, however distant these may have been. The goal was to satiate its thirst in as few moves as possible, instilling each action with an almost implied necessity for having a motive by which it must exist, which is to say that no action was to be wasted for anything, but only for that which was rooted in some definable and clear-cut purpose...Every action had to be a step in some direction and there could be no dillydallying, for Duty bubbling in the bloodstream for too long brought with it a kind of sickness...from which it was difficult to recover. Neither could there be any reconsideration, for the values to which one has sworn were unassailable and beyond the powers of one individual to reassess. And so, Duty, once instilled, must be allowed to carry on unabated, diverting sustenance away from other aspects of one’s character—driving them to a weakened state, brow-beaten by circumstances beyond their immediate control and relegated to their own downtrodden acquiescence to the bravado of the Parasitic Superego, and, as such, cognizant of their growing superfluity.”
― Ashim Shanker, Don't Forget to Breathe

“The...act of surrender—or devotion, as the case may be—was, to him, a kind of lifeline for those who sought a quick answer and didn’t want to stick around long enough to see their doubt through to its ultimate conclusion. A conclusion, which, of itself, was a bittersweet paradox—for how could doubt simply cease to exist by any stretch of the imagination? Doubt was, nonetheless—from his own perspective—the only inclusive insight into the nature of a Truth exclusive of conditions.”
― Ashim Shanker, Don't Forget to Breathe

“Naskar Dance (Sonnet 2826-2830)

It all starts with a whisper in the spine,
a quiet little glitch in the grand design -
labels start melting like sugar in tea,
suddenly you’re thinking dangerously free.

Ink catches fire, pages take flight,
turning old dogmas into kindle wood.
Feet tap truth you never rehearsed,
mind becomes conduit for global good.

No uniform, no scripted stance,
surfing chaos do the Naskar dance -
every chaos is order divine,
every order is chaos enhanced.

Do the Naskar Dance, spin the system around,
kick down the borders, redraw the ground!
Clap to the rhythm of a mind unchained,
laugh like a rebel beautifully deranged!

Now tear that label, let it fall apart -
every revolution starts in the heart.
Do the Naskar Dance, no fear, no trance,
just a world wide human dance.

Every step is a thesis, every twirl’s a fight,
between borrowed shadows and your own light.
Juggling thousand questions, remix history mid-air,
with glitter, grit, and existential flair.

Swim through tsunami and flip the beat,
turn every doubt into dancing feet.
Snap to the sound of a breaking norm,
you’re the calm and the cognitive storm!

Dismantle the cage, let the nerves enhance -
your mind is the stage, so take your stance!
Do the Naskar Dance, always advance -
in a joyful, jaw-dropping, rebel prance!

Left foot - question everything!
Right foot - believe blind in nothing!
Spin once - lose the fear they sold!
Jump up - rewrite the truth you're told!

Heads held high, no flags to raise,
just human hearts in cosmic blaze!
No tribe, no throne, no final stance,
only an ever-evolving, self-correcting dance.

No permission required, no circumstance,
just sheer existence in defiant dance!
Apply the brain, but lead with heart,
in a whimsical, wonderful, oneness dance!

Do the Naskar Dance, let the jungle shake,
every move is a choice you make.
Sing with your bones, think with your skin,
don't bend your spine like roaches and apeling!

No finish line, no afterlife,
just this moment of unflinching light.
It's the Naskar Fever, side effects include -
rewriting the world, you may experience thoughts
too wide, and sudden urges to dissolve divide.

It's the Naskar Fever, no calm no chill,
mind keeps climbing its own free will.
From late night quotes to cosmic view,
now every me feels part of you!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Unfurl your fiber, and refuse the script,
don't make pilgrimage out of jungle myths.
You're more than cattle and veggie,
you are Your own Holiness and Majesty!

Don’t believe it, Naskar it!
Don’t assume it, Naskar it!
Question everything they permit,
if it’s not human, don’t submit!

If the world’s on autopilot, interrupt it!
If the truth feels dangerous, then conduct it!
Love your neighbor before your leader -
When justice calls your name, answer it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Parasitus Politicas (Sonnet 2846)

Law is not justice,
justice is often illegal.
Government is not the culture,
culture lives outside the government.

Religion is not holiness,
holiness begins outside religion.
Passport is not the person,
person begins outside the passport.

Superstition is not spirituality,
spirituality unfolds on earth not in the sky.
Mythology is not history,
history begins outside fairy story.

Never let Parasitus Politicas
sell you drugs dressed in tradition -
politicians must be potty trained
before they run for office, so that
they don't poop all over the planet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Mythology is not history, history begins outside fairy story.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“We are not all equal, a fanatic and a human are not equal, a nationalist and a human are not equal, a misogynist and a human are not equal, a xenophobe and a human are not equal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Books make good firewood (Sonnet 2869)

There is no guarantee, no prophecy,
will you still persevere!
No karmic order, no afterlife treat,
will you still soldier on!

There are no benefits to reap,
no light at the end of the tunnel,
will you still keep showing up!
No divine grace, no otherworldly meaning,
will you still continue marching!

There are no chosen people, no holy writ,
just be human, be decent.
I am not the thought police of your life,
nobody is, and that's the whole point -

it doesn't bother me one bit whether
you put my books on a bedside table,
or use them as firewood,
I'm not your authority, but neither is
any scripture, constitution, or crown -

and if you cannot tell right from wrong
without outside influence,
you might as well start wearing diapers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I am not the thought police of your life, nobody is, and that's the whole point - it doesn't bother me one bit whether you put my books on a bedside table, or use them as firewood, I'm not your authority, but neither is any scripture, constitution, or crown - and if you cannot tell right from wrong without outside influence, you might as well start wearing diapers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“There is no guarantee, no prophecy, will you still persevere! No karmic order, no afterlife treat, will you still soldier on! There are no benefits to reap, no light at the end of the tunnel, will you still keep showing up! No divine grace, no otherworldly meaning, will you still continue marching!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I am not the thought police of your life, but neither is any scripture, constitution, or crown – and if you cannot tell right from wrong without outside influence, you might as well start wearing diapers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“If you cannot tell right from wrong without outside influence, you might as well start wearing diapers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“There are many things I have no attraction for, sports, alcohol, smoking, or god, but I don't begrudge anyone for theirs, within limit these work like personal therapy, but then there are things that literally downgrade a human to the level of ape, such as guns, confederate flag, zionism, nazism, nationalism of any ethnicity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“How to be human despite being white
(Sonnet 2890)

How to be human despite being white?
Just don't be a christian nationalist,
be jesus-like, not a christ salesman.

How to be human despite being british?
Don't be a monarchist or aristocrat.

How to be human while being a jew?
Simple, just don't be a zionist.

How to be human while being hindu?
Simple, don't be an islamophobe.

How to be human while being an atheist?
Have some regard for human frailty.

Beware of white people bearing gifts,
beware of white people's religion,
as well as white people's rationalism,
because the former initiates erasure,
while the latter inflates ego.

And if you're white, then first and foremost
betray your bloodline, betray your pilgrims,
your founders, your forefathers, only then
you might one day become human,
despite your historic handicap of whiteness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“In the centuries past nationalism had a fundamental role in fighting invading imperial forces, but having abolished external tyranny, nationalism too must be abandoned, or else, it only tears a society apart from inside, in the hands of native tyrants -

because even in the absence of invaders, no society is completely homogenous, every society has its minorities, some who arrive from elsewhere, not as oppressive tyrants but as hopeful migrants, to build a new life, and some are just different in their way of life;

and when there is no real enemy to find, nationalism invents make believe enemies, usually in the shape of internal minorities, or anybody and everybody from across the border.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“When there is no real enemy to find, nationalism invents make believe enemies, usually in the shape of internal minorities.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Quality of a person does not depend on faith, but quality of faith depends on the person.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Character Before Science (Sonnet 2905)

Science doesn't make someone a better person,
if it did, no physicist would help develop
nuclear weapons, or no biologist would
help develop biological weapons.

Science, like religion, follows the command of power,
given enough incentive 99% of the world's scientists
would gladly help wipe out half the world's population -
many have done exactly that in the past, and many continue
to do so in algorithm factories and defense industries.

Which is why, it means nothing to be a scientist,
what's needed is that a good person becomes scientist,
otherwise a scientist is of as much use to the world
as a politician, just like faith is only
as good as the person practicing it.

Quality of a person does not depend on faith,
but quality of faith depends on the person.
Character of a scientist does not depend of science,
but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Quality of a person does not depend on faith,
but quality of faith depends on the person.
Character of a scientist does not depend of science,
but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“The White Delusion (Naskaristana 2912)

Reason is fundamental, but there is a difference
between militant, imperial rationalism and human reason,
develop your character till you can tell them apart -

because militant rationalism often ends up violating
human welfare, just as religious fanaticism does,
except it does so under the banner of ivory logic,
or to be specific, white eurocentric logic.

Militant rationalism is suitable for a cold,
technocratic, mechanistic society, but for
a warm, humane society you must never let parasites
nest in your brain, whether they come waving the
flag of intolerant religion or intolerant reason.

Treat those parasites like lost sheep,
be as condescending as you can,
be ridiculously patronizing,
without actually being bitter,
treat them like the toddler they are,
lost in the white delusion of dualism.

Don't harm either fanatics, don't cuss them,
just bring them flower, and wish them a swift recovery!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Never let parasites nest in your brain, whether they come waving the flag of intolerant religion or intolerant reason.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth