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

“I'm exhausted, I want to sleep, but I'm afraid, if I fall asleep, I might not wake up - so I toil, till the soil is human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I'm A Mad Monk (Sonnet 2702)

I'm a mad monk,
I won't return to paradise -
the world is a giant headache,
yet my suffering is my cure.

I'm exhausted, I want to sleep,
but I'm afraid, if I fall asleep,
I might not wake up -
so I toil, till the soil is human.

Soy un monje loco,
no volveré al paraíso -
o la tierra es de todos,
o ilegales todos somos.

The world ain't mine,
the world ain't yours -
either earth belongs to all,
or we are all illegal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“By the time I'm finished with religion, religion would be more allergic to superstition and prejudice than science. By the time I'm finished with science, science would be more service centered than religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I'm not here to prove myself to a bunch of apes, I exist, period - how you react to my vastness, proves the human or the ape that you are.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I don't live, I combust
(Constitution of Humanity, S.2708)

I'm not a nerd,
I'm the manufacturing plant
of humanitarian nerds,
whose nationality is humanity,
whose worship is reason,
whose madness is world uplift,
whose culture is integration.

I don't think, I roar.
I don't write, I pour.
I don't live, I combust,
so you may outgrow the shore.

I'm not a citizen of the planet,
I'm the Engine of Earth Society.
I'm bound by no constitution,
I'm the Constitution of Humanity.

Cleansed of all newage gullibility,
immunized against organized bigotry,
neither vegetable nor animal,
cometh the call, cometh the tsunami.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I don't think, I roar.
I don't write, I pour.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I'm not a nerd, I'm the manufacturing plant of humanitarian nerds, whose nationality is humanity, whose worship is reason, whose madness is world uplift, whose culture is integration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Cleansed of all newage gullibility,
immunized against organized bigotry,
neither vegetable nor animal,
cometh the call, cometh the tsunami.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“No King, No Flag (Naskaristana 2720)

No king, no flag, no scripture, above the human.
No empire, no doctrine, no executive, above the human.
No costume, no convention, no ecclesia, above the human.
No faith, no reason, no paradigm, above the human.

No collar, no creed, no custom, above the human.
No gender, no orientation, no normal, above the human.
No algorithm, no con, no plagiarism, above the human.
No DSM, diagnosis, or hollow Declaration, above the human.

No mosque, no museum, no temple, above the human.
No Rome, no Reich, no Zion, above the human.
No ally, no axis, no mock history, above the human.
No passport, no piety, no Promise, above the human.

Human constructs must enhance humanity, not cripple it.
Moment a construct turns against the spirit of humanity,
it must be repaired or rejected to prevent further malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Naskar Goes to Earth (2745-2746)

I was born of flesh,
and given the name Naskar,
I outgrew the rule of flesh,
but kept the name as token.

Flesh and name are both just shell,
both have a role, but none is sovereign.
Submit to flesh, and monkeys run amok,
worship the name, and stagnation sets in.

I was born of ash,
I lived as electricity,
I'll end in ash, and someone
somewhere will carry my insanity.

I don't want you to inherit my belief,
I don't even want you to inherit my ideas,
if there is one thing I want you to inherit,
it's my insatiable responsibility to the world.

If you're sufficiently dutybound to humanity,
like a living, breathing human being should be,
you'd inadvertently develop the same ideas,
even if you haven't read a single leaf of me.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I was born of ash, I lived as electricity, I'll end in ash, and someone somewhere will carry my insanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I don't want you to inherit my belief, I don't even want you to inherit my ideas, if there is one thing I want you to inherit, it's my insatiable responsibility to the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I burnt my reputation to the ground, so I could stand as an undomesticated beacon, doesn't matter if no one comes to my aid, I have no desire to be worshipped by gibbons.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“There is no leader, no lineage, no second coming -
each of you are Naskar, each of you are signpost.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I'm not a gospel, I'm the emergency.
I'm not a sermon, I'm the summon.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“There's a difference between Homo Sapiens and Human - Homo Sapiens is a meaningless technicality, Human is a lived promise.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“You cannot have a self, and not burn it. You cannot have a life, and not sacrifice it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“The culture I carry is integration, the tradition I carry is tolerance, the religion I carry is reformation - armed with a hundred billion nerve cells, here I stand Human, My Nation, Earthistan!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Naskargen (Sonnet 3000)

It all started with a promise -
Liberty is my religion, Humans are my God;
what took to paper as a penniless dream,
ignited the planet with culture of integration.

Journey of civilization begins with
one person rejecting an outdated tradition,
evolution of apes to human begins with
one person disposing of their flag in a museum.

Divinity of the past was based in sky-fiction,
divinity of the present must be rooted in life;
science of the robots revolves around metal,
science of the humans must center around mind.

Faith fixated on no prophecy, no propaganda,
I entrust my promise upon you,
my promise, my rebellion, my madness -
if there is not a single Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“If there is not a single Naskar in sight, be the Naskar of your generation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“My divinity, my design -
my truth, my decision -
my society, my justice -
my planet, my duty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“My planet, my duty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Creatures with light eternal,
don’t shine to stir public opinion.
I gleam, ’cause that’s my life,
I know no other way of existence.
Puny apes gotta find an agenda,
for most are anemic of effulgence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Human is a pious promise,
not host to parasitic paranoia.
Earth is my homerock, sky is my robe -
End of tribe is birth of culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator