Top 500 Abhijit Naskar Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “The black, the white, the brown, the red, the yellow, the hetero, the homo, the trans, the poor, the rich, the literate, the illiterate, the weak, the strong – all are my sisters and brothers. My life is their life. And till the last breath in my body, I shall be serving you all with all the power in my veins. And beyond death, my ideas shall be serving you for eternity.”

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402. “Whether a religion is of peace or violence should be defined by the actions of its people, not by some books.”

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403. “One person’s sacrifice makes millions wake up from their sleep of indifference.”

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404. “It has been long since thinking humanity has learnt that love is a majestic creation of the brain, yet that knowledge hasn’t made love be deemed any less glorious. Then why should it threaten the religious believer to learn that divinity as well is a natural creation of the brain!”

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405. “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.”

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

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

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408. “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.”

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409. “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.”

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

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411. “The highest truth in the world is love.”

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

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413. “The only way anyone can live in peace, is if they are willing to forgive.”

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

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415. “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.”

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416. “The only way to eliminate the darkness around us is to be the light ourselves, instead of throwing other people under the bus.”

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417. “Neither humans nor the Gods that they have created are superior to old Mother Nature.”

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

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419. “Service to the poor – the helpless – is the real service to God – it is the real worship of the Almighty. And this very worship is the highest form of practical holiness.”

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

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

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

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423. “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.”

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424. “Neurons giveth and neurons taketh away.”

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

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426. “A Christian must worship the Self as Christ, not Christ as Christ. A Muslim must worship the Self as Mohammed, not Mohammed as Mohammed. A Hindu must worship the Self as Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.”

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

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428. “If you want to be an extremist, be extreme in your acts of kindness – if you want to be a fundamentalist, practice the fundamental principle of acceptance in every walk of your life – if you want to be an intellectual, use your intellect to improve human condition.”

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429. “Students are not to pursue institutes, they are to pursue understanding.”

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430. “There’s no such thing as a genuine psychic – there are psychics who con others and those who con themselves.”

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431. “In the hands of corrupt citizens democracy gives rise to a corrupt nation.”

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432. “Even the most stubborn darkness fades away in front of one tiny flame.”

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433. “Without revolution, civilization comes to halt, because with complacency arrives indifference, and with indifference comes the fall of civilization.”

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434. “Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.”

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435. “Our mistakes rewire our brain and open up new gateways of perception.”

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436. “The agonizing flames of misery can turn the human heart inside your skull into a breeding ground for virtues.”

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437. “Prayers and wishes are worthless my friend, if they are not accompanied by tangible human actions.”

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

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439. “Love opens the most impossible gates in the world.”

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440. “Being in peace doesn’t mean absence of misery, it means absence of conflict in the mind.”

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441. “Do not let the evil become our masters, but make the good reign upon the world.”

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442. “Before the invention of printing press, the problem was, lack of information, and now due to the rise of social media, it is too much information – the former leads to mental starvation and the latter to mental obesity.”

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443. “No human, no matter how ancient, or how popular, can be above the laws of Nature.”

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444. “Stop groveling, stop whining and start working!”

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445. “Human you are, and your religion, Humanism.”

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446. “A nation falls not because of governmental atrocity, but because of the citizens’ indifference to that atrocity.”

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447. “In a civilized world, nobody is master to nobody, but everybody ought to be responsible for everybody.”

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448. “If no one comes, walk alone.”

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449. “With the rise of social media, the level of empathy among the kids has diminished greatly, and if this continues due to our indifference, then I’m afraid, we’ll be giving rise to a planet full of sociopaths.”

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450. “Ask a child “what do you want to be when you grow up”, they would say “I want to become a doctor and save lives – I want to become a cop and protect the innocent – I want to become a soldier and defend my people.” But ask the same question after they finish their education, and their answer would be “I want to get a highly paid job – I want to buy a large mansion – I want to be a millionaire”. Here I ask you, who turned a hero into a selfish, insecure narcissist? It’s our system of education.”

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