Science Poetry Quotes

“Powerless heart and heartless power,
are both equally meaningless.
Dataless mind and mindless data,
are both equally dangerous.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Stay Behind (The Sonnet)

While mine owners' kids are packing,
Their mittens to colonize Mars,
How about you stay behind,
To give light as an earthly human star!
I am not here to teach you how to code,
I am here to show you why code.
I am not here to teach you science,
But to humanize the scientific road.
Okay if they don't know the role of science,
You for one, don't walk in their dirtsteps.
You are wise, brave, and above all, human,
Be the practitioner of humanitarian science.
Science is superpower, always use it wisely.
Little science does much harm if used recklessly.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Water has to be the right temperature,
For it to appease our human thirst.
Too cold, it'll give you frost-bite,
Too hot, and it'll burn your throat.

Intellect has to be rightly moderated,
For it to push mind and society upward.
Too little, it facilitates superstition,
Too much, and it turns the mind cold.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Esperanza Impossible Sonnet 2

Truth is the pandemic,
Truth is the terror.
My truth versus your truth,
Your truth versus another.
We speak of truth as if it's a constant,
We chase it as antidote to our insecurity.
Most of our truths bring not understanding,
We cook up truth to fan our self-centricity.
Truth, in truth, is the opposite of stagnation,
Contraction repels all hope for understanding.
Truth is not a fixed point, but an act in motion,
Truth is the courageous act of a mind expanding.
Hence, to seek security one must not seek truth.
To seek truth, with security you must cut all truce.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“To realize there is no grand design,
Doesn't make us traitor to heritage.
It only makes us more alive to life,
It makes us infinitely more responsible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Rowdy Scientist Sonnet

Science is neither boastful nor bashful,
Science stands dutybound, forever mindful.
Science gives the final answer as a ray of hope,
With all avenues exhausted to the last granule.

Science is neither defensive nor offensive,
Science can't afford such primitive prerogative.
Transcending binary norms science acts whole,
Defying the comfort of all corrosive narrative.

Science is slave to none, science enslaves none,
Science blooms from reason, endorsing curiosity.
But don't ever confuse curiosity with cynicism,
Curiosity brings understanding, cynicism apathy.

Average scientists seek answers,
Great scientist seeks questions.
Submissive scientists chase solutions,
I'm a Rowdy Scientist, give me problems!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Ask questions nobody found sound,
Discover answers nobody has found.
Brain is the best laboratory,
with cutting-edge tools and faculty,
Brain used wisely makes the world go round.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Be so curious that you become a curio,
Sail the sea of knowledge bearing all woe.
More often than less, things will get bumpy,
You are your messiah, so never be grumpy.
Sitting in your brainboat - row, row, row!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Humanitarian Science 101
(Sonnet 1202)

BRAIN means Benevolent Reformer
Applying Information Nobly.
DATA means Determined Action
of Transformative Awareness.

Information Technology is primitive IT,
Civilized IT means Informed Transformation.
Heuristic and holistic can never go together,
Shortcuts only obstruct the rise of realization.

Electronics means electron artistry.
Chemistry is an art of bonding.
Mathematics is the art of numbers,
Evolution is the art of correcting.

Society without science dumps the world in stoneage,
Science devoid of society shoves the mind into iceage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Electronics means electron artistry.
Chemistry is an art of bonding.
Mathematics is the art of numbers,
Evolution is the art of correcting.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Truth is a temporal spectrum,
Each slice contains a moment's evidence.
Bring the slices and string them together,
Lo, you develop the insight of science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Science is not a love of knowledge,
Science is love of the light of knowledge.
Light of knowledge doesn't allow inhumanity,
Even if it's peddled in the benefit of knowledge.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Science Anthem (Sonnet 1216)

Science is my ode to society,
Science is serenade to society.
Science is the road to society,
Science is my aid to society.

Science is my poetry,
Science is philosophy.
Science is my thriller,
Science is my love story.

Science is not a love of knowledge,
Science is love of the light of knowledge.
Light of knowledge doesn't allow inhumanity,
Even if it's peddled in the benefit of knowledge.

Science is love, science is light,
Science is torch to the world at night.
Sometimes boring, sometimes daring,
Science es el loco amante of life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“We Are The Scientists
(Sonnet 1214)

Justifying human rights violation as
necessary evil may be habit of politicians.
Scientists must be wiser than that, otherwise,
Science is just a weapon of mass destruction.

Scientist without humanity is anything but scientist,
Science without humanity is anything but science.
Civilized scientists work for the progress of humanity,
Primitive scientists work for the progress of science.

Progress of science is not necessarily progress of humanity,
Particularly when science advances trampling human life.
World leaders may brush off such matter as collateral,
To a scientist with spine nothing is higher than human life.

Whole world is in our care, beyond all law and politics.
We are capable, we are accountable - we are the scientists!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“When air becomes breath,
and cells become sentient,
Words become poetry,
and facts become science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“The art of femto-photography, or light in flight, had recently been patched in. The technique recorded video at such high speeds that it could reveal the very movement of light through three-dimensional space. Software slowed the footage so that humans could watch light fill a room as its wavefront rippled through the space.
Through femto, light took its time, modulating the physics of illumination to make space for tenderness. Femto framed light as a lover – delicate, lingering, sensorial – intimacy slowed to the speed of longing.
Light became sculpture. Time became texture.”
― Hadley Coull