Peace Activist Quotes

“War is the currency of political power.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“All governments are a facade,
all politicians are merely actors.
In a civilized world citizen is the leader,
obsolete is the profession of world leaders.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“In the opera of war, peace is fugitive.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Fugitive Peace (Sonnet 2219)

In the opera of war, peace is fugitive -
thinking soldiers are no good to state,
either you kill without question, and grab
your medal, or get discharged dishonorably.

Thinking citizens are no good to democracy,
either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist.
Either you hold your mouth, mind and backbone,
or be jailed as an anarchist.

If you want to be an actor,
don't go to film school,
become an intern to some politician.
Some say secularism is in their blood,
some say liberty, all the while being
the posterboys of persecution.

No politician will prioritize peace,
if they did, they would be out of business.
War is the currency of political power -
abandon fanaticism, and politicians go extinct.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Military is not social service, military is the antithesis of society and service.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Military is the ultimate failure of education.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“The day children are raised without religion and nationality, that's the beginning of peacemaking.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Flags are the poison, cosmos is my kin - I am no stereotype, I am the Prototype Human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Politicians are professional gaslighters, they gaslight people against people, neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, humanity against humanity - that's how they stay in business. And the fact that we've evolved from the apes, doesn't help much - our jungle instincts of tribalism don't need much coaxing to be blown into fully fledged war, between cultures, between religions, between nations.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Call me misafir, call me göçmen,
This heart of mine is always migrant.
Şan ve şöhrete ben muhtaç değilim,
Benim derdim dünya, dünya dermanım.

Call me gypsy, or call me refugee,
This heart of mine is always migrant.
I've got no use for silicon or gold,
World is my bane, world, my ointment.

So many tongues, as many names -
Some call agua, some call pani.
Conquer the tongue, spirit is the same -
Some dub it divine, I live as humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Give monkeys some bananas, and they're happy -
give humans a flag, scripture and gun, they're delirious.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“It's interesting, how every politician starts a conversation with the talk of peace, then immediately shifts to investing more in fighter jets, tanks, rifles and warheads!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“A politician truly hellbent on peace focuses on education not ammunition. But finding a politician hellbent on peace is like finding snow in the Sahara.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Military is the ultimate failure of education, true education shapes minds into instrument of peace, not pawns of legal persecution and terrorism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Call me pilgrim or call me beggar,
you be my Shams, I, your Mevlana.
Call me neuro or call me nigger,
to some I'm Valium, to others Viagra.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Holocaust for holocaust leaves humanity in plaster cast.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“In English we say: blood is thicker than water. In Naskarian we say: humanity is thicker than blood and border.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“In English we say: the grass is greener on the other side. In Naskarian we say: Earth is greener when it belongs to all.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“In English we say:
if you want peace, prepare for war.
In Naskarian we say:
if you want peace, prepare for education.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“I don't write to impress ladies and gentlemen, I ignite Gentleman Grenades and Lady Liberators.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“My writings are not decoration, but wirings of civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Wipe out America, Peace will flourish.
Wipe out the Humans, Nature will flourish.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Each step toward understanding shatters division and builds the unbreakable foundation of peace.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“The world bleeds rampantly, yet we refuse to let it drown us. We will begin our journey—a journey toward love, kindness, understanding, and peace.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Patriotism 101: How To Murder Like A Pro (Sonnet 2445)

Murder is an art,
if you do it properly
you can not only get away,
but actually be praised for it.

First and foremost,
lock your brain and heart up
in the cupboard, you don't need them,

and join a military kennel, oops, I mean academy,
spend all your conscious days and nights
finding reasons to hate those beyond the border,

and you don't need to search hard, because
since you've already abandoned civilized senses,
your animal instincts would take over, and deliver
you the enemy as per the government requirement -

you just need to make sure that, never for a second
you must let the human in you take charge, because
if it does, that's the end of all patriotic glory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Every time I hear a government insist on developing weapons that could massacre millions in self-defense, I start wondering who the real terrorists are!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Drunken Humanitarian (Sonnet)

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!

Any ape can find salvation in liquid escape,
takes a human to endure through devastation.
Any rodent of the gutter can drown in alcohol,
it takes a giant to drink the world's poison.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“A bullet can penetrate a skull, but only a book can penetrate a mind and turn bullets obsolete.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“There's a fortune in warmongering, if they can just sell fear in the name of patriotic duty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“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