Incorruptible Quotes

“You two had something that had to be kept on ice, yes, incorruptible, yes!--and death was the only icebox where you could keep it....”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“It was one of the charms of the International Zone that you could get anything you wanted if you paid for it. Do anything, too, for that matter; - there were no incorruptibles. It was only a question of price.”
― Paul Bowles, Let It Come Down

“You've got a deep core of sweetness that's quite incorruptible.”
― Patricia Wilson, A Certain Affection

“Be simple and live simple, thus you rise incorruptible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“The miracle of life they call it, and it truly is a miracle. The birth of my two children is the closest I have felt to God. I cannot explain it, but there is something about that moment when the baby comes out that is spellbinding and so pure, the most honest, incorruptible moment of my life.”
― Niyati Tamaskar, Unafraid: A survivor's quest for human connection

“In Work Be Restless (The Sonnet)

In work, be restless,
In love, be limitless,
In care, be oceandeep,
In service, be selfless.
In virtue, be skywide,
In justice, be incorruptible,
In integrity, be unbending,
In honor, be uncompromisable.
In culture, be without walls,
In courage, be endless,
In compassion, be senseless,
In character, be borderless.
Life's too grand to be wasted in gutter.
Expand your heart and you'll rise higher.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Those who are incorruptible are hated by those who are, for they see themselves in the shadow.”
― Laurence Overmire

“I am not a rockstar,
I am a reformer.
Rockstars get compromised,
Uncompromise is my character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Undaunted in danger,
Uncompromising in calamity,
That's what a real human is.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Conscience brings joy,
untainted by shallow glee.
Surrounded by ritual compromise,
conscience alone can set us free.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Abigitano: El Divino Refugiado

“That's what conscience does to you - it takes away the slightest inclination of compromise, and turns you into an incorruptible beacon of pure conviction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Get so drunk with incorruptibility,
you emerge a walking Wardencliffe.
Get so drunk with accountability,
no Rorschach can analyze your spirit.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Inevitable Human (The Sonnet)

Failure is inevitable,
Defeat is optional.
Suffering is inevitable,
Self pity is optional.

Ridicule is inevitable,
Bitterness is optional.
Treachery is inevitable,
Vendetta is optional.

Heartbreak is inevitable,
Heartlessness is optional.
Ignorance is inevitable,
Bigotry is optional.

Biases are inevitable,
Prejudice is optional.
Amidst indecisive animals,
stand human inevitable!”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“The Celtic Sufi, Sonnet

Oh, you take the fancy road,
I'll take the lowly road,
and I'll be in heartland,
while you charge your phone,

where me and my true heart
never ever part ways,
where me and my backbone,
never bend in dismay,

where me and my scruples
never give in to convenience,
where me and my fervent dream
succumb to no pride of the dead,

if you alight from your high horse,
with a gleaming heart I wait for thee,
join me one day for a cup of tea,
on the bonnie loch of liberty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Nobody will remember how many times you bowed, they'll only remember the time you didn't bow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Go, get drunk, my friend!

Get so drunk with a vision unseen,
even monsoon begins to cry!
Get so drunk with an unbent cause,
even bosons bow to thy might!

Get so drunk with incorruptibility,
you emerge a walking Wardencliffe.
Get so drunk with accountability,
no Rorschach can analyze your spirit.

Get so drunk with uncontaminated justice,
every government keeps a file on you!
Get so drunk with untainted love,
conclaves convene to decipher you!”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“I have no image that can be smeared, for I long lit the self to cinders.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper