Reformer Quotes

“He was an awkward mixture of strong moral impulse and restless aesthetic curiosity, and yet he would have made a most ineffective reformer and a very indifferent artist. It seemed to him that the glow of happiness must be found either in action, of some immensely solid kind, on behalf of an idea, or in producing a masterpiece in one of the arts.”
― Henry James, Roderick Hudson

“Robert Ingersoll's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none sweeter or nobler had ever blessed the world. The example of his life was of more value to posterity than all the sermons that were ever written on the doctrine of original sin... The genius for humor and wit and satire of a Voltaire, a wide amplitude of imagination, and a greatness of heart and brain that placed him upon an equal footing with the greatest thinkers of antiquity. He stands, at the close of his career, the first great reformer of the age.

{Thomas' words at the funeral of the great Robert Ingersoll}”
― Charles Spalding Thomas

“No sewage is ever sanctified without sewage-workers,
No society is ever civilized without reformers.
No mutation ever occurs without an anomaly,
No world is brought to life without love-laborers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“There is no sunrise without sacrifice,
There is no unity without inclusion.
There is no love without conviction,
There is no justice without unsubmission.

No sewage is ever sanctified without sewage-workers,
No society is ever civilized without reformers.
No mutation ever occurs without an anomaly,
No world is brought to life without love-laborers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“My divinity is not rooted
in god or scripture,
my divinity is rooted
in human welfare.

My science is not rooted
in cold logic venture,
my science is rooted
in human welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Either you succumb to the world, or expand so vast that the world succumbs to you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“I am justice to the activists,
Common sense to the scientists,
I'm illumination to philosophers,
I am existence to existentialists.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“I don't write to sell books,
I write because my mind succumbs
to psychosis, if I don't write.
I don't write to sell books,
I write because I fall to pieces, even
at the thought of not being able to write.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“I'm a reformer, not influencer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Naskar not Nascar (The Sonnet)

Naskar is an alter ego,
Naskar is a calling,
a madness bigger than sanity,
not chained to one being.

Even Abi is no match for Naskar,
Abi will perish, not Naskar.
Naskar is a chemical catastrophe,
priming humans as kind thunder.

Naskar is factory of humanitarians,
imbued with wonders against malice.
Muscle up your heart, heart up your brain,
uncontaminated by leanings of prejudice.

Nascar is a race, Naskar is a journey,
voyage of sapiens ushering in humanity.
Surpassing constraints of bigotry,
Naskar is Manifest Humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Where God retreats,
Human must step in.
Where myths fall short,
Mind must intervene.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Dream Before Genes (The Sonnet)

As a teenager I only had one dream - immortality,
not fame, not wealth, but immortality.
I wanted to live on long after my body had perished,
and with sheer conviction I made it a reality.

Tomorrow if I fall asleep, I shall sleep contented,
for my mission will live on galvanizing brave veins.
My only regret is, I never got to raise a family,
it's the bittersweet price a reformer has to pay.

Abi the person had to be sacrificed,
for Naskar the dream to become a reality.
Anyone who says, they have no regrets,
never dared to live up to their full capacity.

I offered up my youth to lift up the world,
even got dumped, while lost in world building.
My genes might die with me, not my dream -
One day, not long now, whole world will be kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“My genes might die with me, not my dream - one day, not long now, whole world will be kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“I don't need invite from some puny paradise;
Cosmos, my Shangri-la - me, the Servant King.
Odin doesn't wait up for Valhalla to call -
Valhalla, my empire - I am the World Viking!”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Give me ten brains, hearts and spines, I'll give you a planet primed with peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Citizen is The Leader (Sonnet)

I have made a few amendments in my own canon,
I don't mean going back and removing passages,
as if they never existed, for that's deception,
rather I point out my errors myself, so you know,
I ain't infallible, on occasion I have been wrong.

My main two mistakes were with America 'n soldiers,
I looked upon both with respect in my early years,
until it dawned on me, America is a terrorist state,
and all soldiers are mere puppets to warmongers.

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.

In a civilized world I could spend my days writing
mushy poetry, sparing the headache of human rights.
But alas, that is not the case, hence, I'm restless,
sleepless, vacationless, in kindling the human light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“You don't wake up to a better world, you toil through the dead of night, so the world wakes up civilized.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Conscience is my CV,
Biodata, Bulldozer,
Revolution, my resume,
Citizenship, Earthistana.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“I don't see the turn of the universe, I cause the universe to turn.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Duniya meri, zimmedari meri.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Prapancham nadi, badhyata nadi.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Naskar is not what you read, Naskar is how you stand.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“It's A Naskarful World
(Sonnet 3251/ Song 12)

What good is one Naskar,
burn with me hand in hand.
Naskar is not what you read,
Naskar is how you stand.

I don't want more sheep,
I don't want another cult,
you just be the Naskar
of your corner of the World.

Teach your child, your nation is great,
and you plant the seed of war.
Teach your child, the planet is nation,
plant peace against the law.

Father and Son are one,
Son and I are one,
I and You are one,
divide is delusion.

Take your tallest church steeples,
take your largest congress halls,
they still won't reach my ankle.
nor contain a Naskarful World.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I don’t want more sheep, I don’t want another cult, you just be the Naskar of your corner of the World.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Take your tallest church steeples, take your largest congress halls, they still won’t reach my ankle. nor contain a Naskarful World.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I don't need churches, nor angels in the air, I keep my wings in my pocket, the world is in my care.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Be mindful of your place in society - not above the people, but above the government - not above justice, but above the police - not above life, but above the law - not above rights, but above religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Nothing happens for a reason, so be the reason that something happens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Every reformer is deemed a traitor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Every global legend is the local loonie.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer