Self Annihilation Quotes

“I have but one law - I don't exist. I don't have a homeland, I don't have a native tongue, I don't have an origin culture - for you are my home, your tongue is my tongue, your culture is my culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“My friends and dear ones are in search for me in me, Except your name I have emptied myself from everything!”
― Aiyaz Uddin, The Inward Journey

“From the beginning, self-annihilation has been an important task imposed on Zen monks in everyday discipline. To cast aside the ego means to cast aside your selfhood, determinedly reducing yourself to nothing, all the while revering and obeying your seniors and carrying out your daily chores in perfect silence.”
― Kaoru Nonomura, Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple

“Poetry done passionately dissolves the self.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot