Peaceful Coexistence Quotes

“When some poor soul is wounded, it's unimportant what you believe, science or the sacred, what matters is that you rush to them with first aid. To be the first aid in someone's wounds, that's the highest sanctity, as well as the right science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Faith can be unholy,
science can be inhuman,
none depends on the tool,
all depends on the person.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Reason is our ark, love is our compass.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Tolerance is not a faculty, tolerance is consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“First you grow out of religion, then you grow out of atheism, finally you become human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“There is life outside the cage (Sonnet 2240)

First you grow out of religion,
then you grow out of atheism,
finally you become human.

First you grow out of hot dogma,
then you grow out of cold logic,
finally you become human.

First you grow out of nation,
then you grow out of narrative,
finally you become human.

However, it's alright,
if you can't outgrow it all -
just acknowledge life outside your cage,
to be almost human is still enough human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Right to leave religion is just as fundamental as right to religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“The atheist and the believer drink from the same water, breathe the same air, eat the same food – mother nature, the actual origin of life, doesn’t segregate between believer and nonbeliever, it’s only the savages who do that.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“True peace is unattainable without justice, and those who prioritize peace over justice deserve neither.”
― Njau Kihia

“One culture doesn't fit all,
one morality doesn't fit all,
one faith doesn't fit all,
one reason doesn't fit all.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Belief matters less where people matter more.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Truth is relevant only in its subservience to life.”
― 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

“Life matters because life exists, no analysis needed, nor blind belief.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Castrated by ritual the mind has evaporated long enough, Invigorate the mind now, let the rituals evaporate instead.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“The Naskar Controversy (Sonnet 2525)

Yes, Naskar is a controversial figure,
not because I sell antivaxx nonsense,
not because I sell eugenics nonsense,
not because I sell patriotic garbage,
not because I sell newage garbage, in fact,
these are the very germs my life disinfects -

I am controversial because my backbone
doesn't seek validation from no institution,
either faith based or intellectual -

I am controversial because the planet of apes
cannot quite figure out the sectarian membership
of my post-discipline, post-dogma, post-cultural,
post-national, post-fanatic, post-algorithmic mind -
and anything that apes cannot understand, apes mistrust,
not just apes of ritual, but also apes of intellect.

I am controversial because I ask for tolerance,
I am controversial because I'm integration incarnate,
I am controversial because I call for humanity,
at the expense of both faith and facts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Don't ask, is there a god, ask instead, are you human? All my life’s work is for the human, who is more concerned with human uplift than belief or disbelief.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“No God above the human,
no border in the mind -
tolerance is our anthem,
we are the humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“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

“Reason is fundamental, but there is a difference between militant, imperial rationalism and human reason, develop your character till you can tell them apart.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Don’t harm either fanatics (militant atheists and religious fanatics), don’t cuss them, just bring them flower, and wish them a swift recovery!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“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.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I'm not interested in the path you walk, I'm only interested in how you behave along the way.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Unified Planetary Heartbeat (Sonnet 2964)

You must not renounce your religion,
your culture, your country,
if you don't need to -
be the Naskar of your country,
your culture, your religion, from within -

be the Christian Naskar, Muslim Naskar,
Black Naskar, Latin Naskar, Jew Naskar,
Farsi Naskar, Sikh Naskar,
Slavic Naskar, Nordic Naskar,
Baltic Naskar, Celtic Naskar,
Turk Naskar, Kurt Naskar,
Azeri Naskar, Uzbek Naskar,
Turkmen Naskar, Uyghur Naskar,
Indic Naskar, Pakistani Naskar,
Aussie Naskar, Kiwi Naskar,
Han Naskar, Nihon Naskar,
Hanguk Naskar, Pinoy Naskar,
and all the other Naskars
you could possibly be -

the idea is not to destroy roots,
but to expand your roots so far and wide
that we could feel the pulse of each other's
cultures like one unified planetary heartbeat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Be the Christian Naskar, Muslim Naskar,
Black Naskar, Latin Naskar, Jew Naskar,
Farsi Naskar, Sikh Naskar,
Slavic Naskar, Nordic Naskar,
Baltic Naskar, Celtic Naskar,
Turk Naskar, Kurt Naskar,
Azeri Naskar, Uzbek Naskar,
Turkmen Naskar, Uyghur Naskar,
Indic Naskar, Pakistani Naskar,
Aussie Naskar, Kiwi Naskar,
Han Naskar, Nihon Naskar,
Hanguk Naskar, Pinoy Naskar,
and all the other Naskars
you could possibly be -

the idea is not to destroy roots,
but to expand your roots so far and wide
that we could feel the pulse of each other's
cultures like one unified planetary heartbeat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Don't assume you understand Naskar
(Sonnet 2972)

Naskar Science is Naskar Theology
is Naskar Poetry is Naskar Philosophy -

and do not even dare to assume
you know what this means,
unless you've left your seat
to the elderly on a bus,

joined the religious festivities
of a neighbor from a different faith,
defended someone's right to worship
despite being an atheist yourself,

offered a glass of water to
someone from a different culture,
or sheltered an immigrant family
from your nation's fanatics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Beware of fanatics bearing good news, but also beware of aristocrats bearing reason.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline, I'm interested in who'll carry my madness, my madness for tolerance, my madness for oneness - always flawed, but never rigid, always making mistakes, but also correcting themselves, never without blind spots, but no blind spot worshipped as truth - tolerant of harmless make believe, but never of harmful blind belief, activist of humane reason, not elitist logic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Servant Scientists (Naskaristana 2907)

Anybody can inspire the youth to become scientists,
any trustfund white guy or even chatgpt can do that,
the point of Naskar is to ignite Servant Scientists,
because if a scientist does not burn with the fire of
service, they are no better than religious fanatics.

Growing up in the lap of aristocratic luxury,
then calling people's basic necessities a delusion,
it doesn't make you a great scientist,
it just makes you a white colonial trash.

If religion must accept the responsibility
for religious fanaticism, science must also accept
the responsibility for scientific mindlessness,
because intelligence without compassion
is more dangerous than ignorance with power.

True science will always be ethical,
but greed-centered apes cannot fathom such science,
nor can privilege-pampered aristocratic knowitalls,
their science is more concerned with what can be done,
instead of asking whether it should be done.

This is not the Science of Naskar -
I don't want fewer scientists,
I want scientists with character,
not just a militant mouth -
I don't want fewer believers,
I want belief centered on compassion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Come close, let me stuff your ugly militant mouth with a handful of scorching hot chili peppers, then let me give you a five hour lecture on the chemistry of H2O and its relation to life, before offering you a glass of water. First compassion, then rationalism; first humanity, then philosophy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human