Humanitarian Quotes

“To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things. Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological. So if you want to see real change, stay persistent in educating humanity on how similar we all are than different. Don't only strive to be the change you want to see in the world, but also help all those around you see the world through commonalities of the heart so that they would want to change with you. This is how humanity will evolve to become better. This is how you can change the world. The language of the heart is mankind's main common language.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even the lowliest creature; but to do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies.”
― Dr. Albert Schweitzer

“Every fish you throw back into the ocean is a triumph of the idea that human beings can be better. I do my best, every day, to throw at least one fish back into the ocean. I hope that you will join me.”
― Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul

“My contention is that good men (not bad men) consistently acting upon that position would act as cruelly and unjustly as the greatest tyrants. They might in some respects act even worse. Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment

“I wish the enemy would hesitate to shoot when they see me, but you can't expect humanitarianism on the battlefield.”
― Carlo Zen, 幼女戦記 (1) Deus lo vult

“Yesterday I was stupid, so I wanted to change the world. Today, I am more stupid, so I am changing the world. And tomorrow there will be a hundred more stupid like me, for this stupidity for changing the world can never accept any excuse for inaction, even if that excuse happens to be a most rational reason.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Operation Justice: To Make A Society That Needs No Law

“Earth is my clan, Humanity is my kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“What good is a knife that is
all blade, and no handle!
What good is a brain that is
devoid of compassion!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I Don't Want Such Culture
(Sonnet 3201/ Song 4)

If my freedom hates another,
if my brain degrades another,
if my faith erase another,
if my progress thieves another,

if my culture kills another,
if my science shells another,
if my medicine bills another,
if my code surveils another,

if my scripture burns another,
if my flag tortures another,
if my crown converts another,
if my god butchers another -

I don't want such myths and manner,
I don't want such paradise planner,
I don't want such nuts and spanner,
I don't want such ritual murder -

I don't want such god and culture,
I am not some faithful vulture,
every person is my people,
every culture is my culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“That's why I've come, to drag spirituality down into the soil, and science down onto the streets - tea cup in one hand, cheeseburger in another, I have come, not to start a new religion, but to carry the rivers to the sea.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Any art that lifts the human spirit is Naskar art, every science that lifts up society is Naskar science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Lift your sail, wind is afoot,
Step out of your dead habit hood.
Love is giving call,
Can't you hear at all!
When will you walk the living truth!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Either Nationalist or Human (Naskaristana 3215)

I gave up my youth for the world, and I ask the youth of only one thing, look out for others around you, in school, at work, on the streets, everywhere -

particularly those who don't look like you, speak your language, or practice your religion, because the countries of earth are crawling with monkeys covering up for their own, but humans looking out for fellow humans are still scarce.

I don't want jungle patriots hanging from flagpoles, saluting with backbone dangling from their derriere, I want civilized patriots who've outgrown the jungle, patriots who wear their heart on their chest, carry their backbone as battery, and brain as gear, not in defence of a monkey state or kingdom or flag, but in defence of the marginalized humans, in defence of the discriminated, dehumanized, and displaced.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Naskar is not what you read, Naskar is how you stand.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“The world has learned
not to see
the faces
standing quietly
in its margins.

What is more frightening
than a world
that no longer notices?

Perhaps this is why
we must keep
a little love alive,
a little kindness
passing from heart to heart,

so no human being
becomes invisible
to another.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“I don’t want more sheep, I don’t want another cult, you just be the Naskar of your corner of the World.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Time flies,
moments fade,
the unknown remain.
Sometimes it's saddening to think about how we failed humanism.
All seperated knowingly we all are humans,
If only we could think selflessly, the world become way more utopian.
But who can help?
Geopolitics?
Religions?
We all are tested.
You are my test and I am your test.
We witness each others suffering everyday.
If I witnessed you are damaged, Im the sinner,
and the same goes for you.”
― Hasnae EL AHMADI

“When One Naskar Dies
(Sonnet 3265/ Song 14)

I was born without a status,
without a holy claim,
no guardian angel backing,
no empire to my name.

I outgrew the fraud of flag,
I surpassed the hoax of hate,
I am festival of life,
not disciple of the dead.

When one Naskar dies,
a thousand Naskars rise.
Worship no chain as roots,
braveheart, break the lies!

My voice and yours combine,
the soil becomes sacred -
the only holy nation
is the one without hatred.

Pilgrim of the heart,
oneness in our vein -
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.

Carry the brain as engine,
carry the backbone as battery,
wear your heart on your chest
as the compass of humanity.

I don't need churches,
nor angels in the air,
I keep my wings in my pocket,
the world is in my care.

When one Naskar dies,
a thousand Naskars rise.
Naskar is the first instinct
of planet before the tribe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Naskar is the first instinct of planet before the tribe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I don't need churches, nor angels in the air, I keep my wings in my pocket, the world is in my care.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I was born without a status,
without a holy claim,
no guardian angel backing,
no empire to my name.

I outgrew the fraud of flag,
I surpassed the hoax of hate,
I am festival of life,
not disciple of the dead.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Don't need a license to defend humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“No guns and arrows,
no bombs from shadows,
I make my tnt in my marrows.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“No guns and arrows,
no bombs from shadows,
I make my tnt in my marrows -

let them bring armies
of hate and apartheid,
I sing ablaze beyond the tribe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“My world, my duty, mundo mi deber,
no soy ni mono ni oveja,
solo soy humano ser;
no hay extraño, sólo vecino,
cada persona mi pueblo, mi gente.

Un ser humano es suficiente,
light up the planet,
yalla ciao, yalla ciao,
yalla ciao, ciao, ciao –

tengo no país, ni escritura,
don’t need a license
to defend humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“It's ludicrously easy to yap against everyday naive superstitions, like crystals, astrology, tarot, psychics and all that, doesn't take any courage, all it takes is some high school knowledge of science, but to take a stand against real humanitarian harms of militarism, zionism, colonialism, takes real civilized backbone, which is more than most of those poncy toffee-nosed militant rationalist twits can muster.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Come as you are, come all lovers and martyrs, come all tolerants and moderates - let's get ruined together, as equals, in the tangible toil for a real humane earth, rather than praying for eden at bedtime.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Every global legend is the local loonie.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“By making a sad person smile we heal our own wounds.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“A 20 watt bulb can light up a house, a 20 watt brain can light up a planet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes