Top 500 Abhijit Naskar Quotes (2024 Update)
Page 9 of 10

401. “Patience triumphs over everything.”

— Abhijit Naskar

402. “It is this simple. The religion of a computer is to compute – the religion of a scorpion is to sting in the face of danger – the religion of a human is to help other humans.”

— Abhijit Naskar

403. “Whom the society deems worthless, once they discover their special inclination, it will change the very course of their lives as well as the shape of the very society that distastes them.”

— Abhijit Naskar

404. “The real festival is the moment when we wipe the tears off from the faces living in despair.”

— Abhijit Naskar

405. “Real education leads to the liberation of the mind.”

— Abhijit Naskar

406. “English is the language through which I reach hearts from various corners of the world. English is the language through which I flirt with my species. English is the language through which I make my species think.”

— Abhijit Naskar

407. “The co-called moral compass is a part of the human cognition, and when that compass comes into action through human behavior, it turns an ordinary biological creature into a unique moral being of conscience.”

— Abhijit Naskar

408. “No god is coming to save you – no messiah is coming to save you – all the gods and all the messiahs that can save our world are already here – they are us – each one of us – so, open your eyes o mighty lords of time, and cleanse this world of all barbarian impurities, with the force of your bold, brave and humane actions.”

— Abhijit Naskar

409. “The flow of knowledge towards the mind should be moderated by the faculties of the mind itself, based on the acceptability of nothing but the mind.”

— Abhijit Naskar

410. “There is not much difference between a person drunk on alcohol and a person drunk on biases. Both do things, that they wouldn’t do, had they not been under the influence.”

— Abhijit Naskar

411. “Unfortunately for the university, none of that information could make the slightest place for itself inside the circuits of my brain. I was looking for education, but all I found was heartless indoctrination. And indoctrination is not just demeaning to the human conscience, it is lethal for the flourishing psychology of the hungry, young mind.”

— Abhijit Naskar

412. “Shred the labels and rise as a human being – a human being of compassion, a human being of kindness, a human being with real psychological freedom.”

— Abhijit Naskar

413. “I prefer to be seen as a know-nothing idiot, than a know-it-all bigot.”

— Abhijit Naskar

414. “Without truth, time is merely the kingdom of the animals. Time brings progress and humanitarian glory, only if truth walks the nerves of our mind, as we walk the alleys of space – in that walk we relinquish the space between the self and the other.”

— Abhijit Naskar

415. “As a species, wise, harmonious progress is our mission.”

— Abhijit Naskar

416. “Sentience creates bridge between people.”

— Abhijit Naskar

417. “The moment when humanity learns to tame all its primeval biases, only then it will be worth the title “Sapiens”, not any earlier.”

— Abhijit Naskar

418. “We live in graves and call them home, and we further sustain the neurotic structure of those graves with elements of so-called sociological, cultural, traditional, religious, political and intellectual significance.”

— Abhijit Naskar

419. “The conflicts between science and religion still remain in this day and age, because though most people understand what science means, they do not have a clue what religion means – and they do not even have a clue that they do not have a clue.”

— Abhijit Naskar

420. “I am pain stricken to say that, various “educational” institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine “fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom” as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom.”

— Abhijit Naskar

421. “For thousands of years, the dumb, uncivilized, stone-age society has reduced women to mere prizes to be won, objects to be shown off, and playthings to be abused and toyed with. Now is the time to stop this primitive madness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

422. “Individual progress must contribute to the collective progress of a people, otherwise, it’s of no consequence in the vast ocean of space and motion.”

— Abhijit Naskar

423. “If we can’t use science to uplift all humans everywhere, then what’s the use of such science!”

— Abhijit Naskar

424. “A good marriage, where both partners are exclusively committed to each other, keeps them healthier both physiologically and psychologically, by directly influencing the nervous system and immune system.”

— Abhijit Naskar

425. “The poor, the illiterate, the helpless, the distressed – let these be your God.”

— Abhijit Naskar

426. “If education were the same as information, the encyclopedias would be the greatest sages in the world.”

— Abhijit Naskar

427. “The sun doesn’t ask for admiration in return for its light and warmth.”

— Abhijit Naskar

428. “Mockery is the sincerest form of flattery.”

— Abhijit Naskar

429. “Christ attained the ultimate spiritual oneness through prayer and devotion, Moses and Mohammed through prayer, Buddha and all the Indian sages through intense meditation and so did I. And so can you.”

— Abhijit Naskar

430. “Tell them a lie big enough, they’ll worship you as a sage. Tell them a truth big enough and they’ll mock you.”

— Abhijit Naskar

431. “Consumption is not bad, but when done at excessive proportions it turns out to be not just bad, but downright deadly for the self as well as the society, as the society itself is a collective functional expression of many selves.”

— Abhijit Naskar

432. “You are the life and you are the death – it is only motion that separates the two.”

— Abhijit Naskar

433. “One who stops a war before it starts, is the real victor.”

— Abhijit Naskar

434. “Saint or sage or the awakened being is not the one free from all desires and expectations, but the one who has an active conscience to see the real implications of those desires and expectations and then act accordingly for the best possible outcome for the self as well as the society.”

— Abhijit Naskar

435. “We humans can never learn everything. The purpose of human life is not to learn everything. Rather it is to learn from every single walk of life and put that knowledge into practice in the pursuit of making human life a little better.”

— Abhijit Naskar

436. “It’s literally a new world now, so either we adapt to it collectively as one species or only the privileged healthy will be left to live. And the only way to adapt to a new world is to keep working through mistakes, failures and changes, driven by a sense of community.”

— Abhijit Naskar

437. “Freedom, freedom and freedom, that should be the mantra for the civilized, conscientious and progressive humanity – freedom from bigotry, freedom from prejudices and hatred – freedom from intellectual blindness as well as orthodox stupidity.”

— Abhijit Naskar

438. “For people to respond to you, you must respond to them, instead of reacting.”

— Abhijit Naskar

439. “Civilization lies in the mind, not in attire or books.”

— Abhijit Naskar

440. “Beyond fear there is clarity – beyond weakness there is victory – beyond insecurity there is life.”

— Abhijit Naskar

441. “Police reform starts with the acknowledgement of police bias.”

— Abhijit Naskar

442. “You are your mind, so if you can see it, you can achieve it.”

— Abhijit Naskar

443. “Believing without questioning is an insult to the human conscience.”

— Abhijit Naskar

444. “If you are human, you are responsible – if you are not responsible, you are not human.”

— Abhijit Naskar

445. “Feed your child ideas of peace, harmony and compassion but at the same time give them courage to defend their identity and dignity.”

— Abhijit Naskar

446. “The thing you know as Karma, does not really exist the way you think. It can only exist through the law of causality, which means, when you make efforts to achieve something, the results do indeed occur, given enough time, resources and above all, perseverance.”

— Abhijit Naskar

447. “Teach your children, “love your neighbor like your family”, but “not because it is a Christian thing to do, rather because it is a human thing to do.”

— Abhijit Naskar

448. “Neurons giveth and neurons taketh away.”

— Abhijit Naskar

449. “Any idea of separation is bondage. True liberation of the mind is in non-differentiation.”

— Abhijit Naskar

450. “Be invincible – not to weakness, but to defeat. You are defeated only when you think you are defeated.”

— Abhijit Naskar