Peaceful Coexistence Quotes

“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

“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

“We don't need to believe in a grand design to be good people, but we do need to be good people to create a grand design. It's neither about atheism, nor about the so-called religiousness - rather it's about plain, ordinary humanness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Some people need God, others don't feel the need for it, for whatever reason. But the fact of the matter is, even those who do not believe in God, occasionally end up talking to some sort of fictitious figure, such as a loved one who has passed away. And what's wrong with that?

Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such! Why do we have to diss another person for not believing in the same kind of fiction that we believe in! It is time we become an aid to each other's light, not an impediment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Memorize some creeds, and you're religious.
Memorize some facts, and you're intellectual.
The former is religion of the old world jungle,
The latter is religion of the new world jungle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Tolerate no hate,
Moderate no help.
Segregate no shelf,
Alienate no sect.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“No belief is inferior, diverse beliefs are diverse means of self-preservation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“The believer is not to turn atheist, the atheist is not to turn a believer. Earth is a big place with room for all, if only we could make our heart a bit wider!”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“To me faith, science, poetry, all same, many lanes to lift our one humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Many minds, many lanes.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Dogma deserted is harmony harvested.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“I grew up celebrating Diwali, eating fruitcake on the 25th, and waking up to the call of azaan. If I'm devout anything, it's a devout human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“To understand me, you have to listen as a human, not as believer or nonbeliever, but as human.”
― 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