All Quotes

"Racism is no longer tolerated as normal, Islamophobia is no longer tolerated as normal, Homophobia is no longer tolerated as normal, Chauvinism is no longer tolerated as normal, Colonialism is no longer tolerated as normal - believe you me, this is the most human humanity have ever been in our 200,000 years long history."

"Ethnicity is a product of dogma, not a marker of human capacity."

"No borrowed make-believe, no quicksand of cowardice - superstition fading from bones, as we rise above the prejudice."

"It ends with me, toxic masculinity ends with me, religious intolerance ends with me - superstition 'n conspiracy ends with me, prejudice and puritanism ends with me - jungle nationalism ends with me, animal fundamentalism ends with me - segregated spaces, both outside and inside, end with me."

"Kindness is my constitution."

"Into The Eyes of Racism (A Sonnet) I looked into the eyes of racism, All I found was insecurity. I looked into the eyes of prejudice, All I found was pretend sanity. I looked into the eyes of bigotry, All I found was savage inanity. I looked into the eyes of hate, All I found was delusion of purity. I looked into the eyes of disparity, All I found was mindless conformity. I looked into the eyes of apathy, All I found was spineless vanity. I looked a lot and observed plenty, It's time to burn bright against brutality. (No Foreigner Only Family, 2020)"

"The Anti-Stereotype Sonnet Black is not evil. White is not trash. Brown is not illegal. Muslims don’t crash. Women ain't weak. Jews ain't greedy. Men ain't playboys. Queer ain't sickly. Hijab is not oppression. Hourglass ain't beauty. Faith is not delusion. Atheists don't lack morality. Assumptions only reveal shallowness. Beyond stereotypes lies humaneness. (I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted, 2020)"

"Sonnet of Festivals Christmas isn't about the decorations, It's about compassion. Hanukkah isn't about the sufganiyot, It's about amalgamation. Ramadan isn't about the feast, It's about affection. Diwali isn't about the lights, It's about ascension. Our world is filled with festivals, But what do they really mean? Celebrating them with cultural exclusivity, Makes us not human but savage fiend. Every festival belongs to all of humanity, For happiness has no religious identity. (I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted, 2020)"

"An Immigrant's Plight (The Sonnet) With hopes and dreams brimming in my heart, I have traveled across miles and miles. A single desire for a flame of acceptance, Still burns bright in my heart's aisle. You say home is where the heart is, But my heart is accused of difference. Sometimes I'm accused of faith or race, Other times they question my allegiance. Amidst the illusive fog of color and geography, When did humanity cease mattering most! Sentiments and dreams have no borders, Character isn't exclusive to any single coast. We’ve wasted enough time on labels and covers, It's time to be family filling the world with colors. (No Foreigner Only Family, 2020)"

"If A Tree Falls (Sonnet) If a tree falls in the forest, but nobody hears it, did it really fall! If children are bombed to death, but it's omitted from the news, did the children really die! If people are massacred by law, but it's not on Netflix, is it really a genocide! If democracy is dismantled piece by piece, but by government decree, is it really illegal! If the world is burnt to cinders, but the privileged castles stay intact, is the world really burning! (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"Sonnet of Palestine I don't want to wage a war, All I want is to raise a family. I don’t want your empty pity, All I seek is a little humanity. To call genocide as self-defense, May be textbook diplomacy. Killing innocents to keep control, Is an act of terrorist hypocrisy. Brokers may bring ceasefire, But they can never give us liberty. All they do is arrange assemblies, While we suffer through the century. So I say to you o people in luxury, Look at us and you'll know your fallacy. (Mucize Insan: When The World is Family, 2021)"

"Rx for Fascism (Sonnet) Gaza is not for sale, Greenland is not for sale, Ukraine is not for sale, Canada is not for sale. Planet Earth is not real estate, to pander to your predatory psychopathy. If you are so hard up for cash, we can all chip in to buy you some good ol shock therapy. When someone plays fast and loose with rights and freedom, their place is either in the jungle or in a mental institution, not in office. Fascism, fundamentalism and nationalism, these are the ultimate mental illness. (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"Goodness is universal, vessels may vary. Some call it water, some agua, some pani."

"Sonnet of Abortion My body, my decision, Whether I choose birth or abortion. Till a state can care for the newborn, No bill is qualified to offer resolution. Instead of controlling my birth canal, Work on carving a paradigm of equality. Build a world where a newborn is a gift, Not a burden on life, dream or economy. Abolish all disparities born of greed, Strip the wealthy of their ill-gotten riches. Use all resources for collective welfare, So that status ends up on history pages. Worse than aborting is birthing in instability. I'll give birth when I need not rely on pity. (Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society, 2021)"

"Women Ain't Hood Ornament (The Sonnet) Why should women have to give up, Their name when they get married, As if they are not real people, But hood ornament to their husband! Why should a child be identified only, By their father's name, not mother's, Who by the way is the root of creation, Who is the actual almighty creator! It is a sad state of affairs when, Morons peddle moronity as tradition. Shame on us for sustaining such savagery, As we do not put our backbone to action! Each couple must determine the parameters of their relationship, not some ragged tradition. Only norm that matters is love, for in love lies emancipation. (Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission, 2022)"

"Women Run Better (The Sonnet) Men only inherit the world, Women give birth to the world. If women can birth the world, women can run the world (far better than men). History reveals, war is a masculine merchandise, Whereas preserving life is an act of the feminine. Masculinity bears inclination for competitiveness, Femininity is synonymous with synergy and cohesion. That's why female leaders can step down more gracefully, making way for new minds at the helm, Whereas their male counterparts would rather take their position to the grave. Femininity is not a reproductive quality, Femininity is the source of all rejuvenation. No matter what gender or orientation you are, Nourish your femininity, and there'll be ascension. (Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo, 2023)"

"Sonnet 500 Better a lion in sheep's skin, Than a sheep in lion's skin. Better a giant in a gentle vessel, Than germs in a fancy canteen. When not needed act mostly a sheep, But occasionally you gotta let the lion out. Be a disinfectant and sanitize the world, Not germs that make disease break out. All social sickness is caused by selfishness, And hypocrisy is what makes things worse. Wipe out all hypocrisy from your being's core, The world is a reflection of what's in our heart. I say again, lion on the inside, sheep on the out. When chihuahuas wreak havoc, let the dinosaur out. (Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables, 2022)"

"Loneliness Psychology (No-Nonsense Sonnet) Being happy alone is no sign of genius, It is either narcissism or hypocrisy. You've got to be extremely selfish, To be happy without human company. If your heart is alive and human, Loneliness will cause you misery. It's only the self-absorbed animal, Who don't need people to be happy. It's okay if you are alone and miserable, It is but a healthy mind's healthy reaction. Do not romanticize it with phony philosophy, For derangement starts with self-deception. Fact of the matter is - I suffer, therefore I am. Life is but a cosmic dance between dusk and dawn. (Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World, 2023)"

"Sonnet of Silence I am the loudest when I am silent, My lips are shut yet I speak treasures. Speech without heart is nothing but noise, Listen to my silence, you'll hear the universe. Words spoken with mere lips reach nowhere, For it's the heart that makes words alive. Tell people who you are without saying a word, Speak from your very core, they'll listen alright. I repeat, silent people have the loudest hearts, For when you speak less you get to listen more. The more you listen the more you are heard, The more you hear the more you get to grow. Set the words on fire, let them all turn to ashes. Tell people who you are without all the speeches. (Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables, 2022)"

"Antidote to Crime (The Sonnet) The way to a crime-free world is simple, But it lies outside of all the legal 'n partisan muck. Take away the guns from the kids on the street, Put books in their hands and food in their stomach. By the time they grow up into young adults, The prehistoric warmongers will be in death bed. The children whose childhood you restored, Will all be ready to hold the reins of world stage. Law, policy 'n all that stuff surely have their place, But not as the antidote to crime, chaos 'n descension. The permanent antidote to crime is education alone, Law ‘n policy are just to ensure its true democratization. More than trying a crime, focus on treating environment. Feed the hungry ‘n establish education, free from any debt. (Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables, 2022)"

"Sonnet 1000 It's the little everyday acts of justice, That bring most change in society. It's the little everyday acts of justice, That actually eliminate inhumanity. One big revolution in five years, Brings no lasting change. But one small act of uncompromise everyday, Makes the whole world gain conscience. Hence, reformation of a nation isn't measured, By how many big revolutions it has to face. Reformation of a nation is predicated on, How many citizens it has who refuse to bend. So I say - break the chains, take off the blinkers. The whole world awaits, for it needs to be tinkered. (Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission, 2022)"

"Ripped Jeans & Twenty Dollar Shirt (The Sonnet) Ripped jeans and twenty dollar shirt, That's how we'll change the world. It is okay if your outside is dirty, Make sure your heart is without dirt. Too many people wear suits and boots, In order to cover up the filth within. Those who have their character intact, Care not whether their clothes are shinin'. The world needs purpose, integrity, honor, None of which is predicated on clothes. Those who think clothes make the person, Will never discover any of the civilized roads. Heart makes the person, heart makes the world. A world without dirt comes from a heart without dirt. (Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race, 2022)"

"Old and New (The Sonnet) Old is not necessarily gold, New is not necessarily cool. Stereotypes without scrutiny, Sustain only a society of fools. Answer to one stereotype is not another, Answer to one assumption is not another. To make assumption is not wrong but, To assume it as truth supreme is rhubarb. Perception is all about assumption, Our brain hasn't evolved to observe reality. Biases prevent the observation of biases, unless, You are hellbent to expand across comfort and luxury. Stereotypes are archetypes of self-preservation. Look outside the self and you'll find assimilation. (Find A Cause Outside Yourself: Sermon of Sustainability, 2022)"

"Life is Prejudice (The Sonnet) Life is one big prejudice, Unless you question everything. Perception is one big bias, Unless you see beyond the seeing. Opinions are a bunch of lies, Till curiosity surpasses comfort. Beliefs may very well be delusion, Till traditions are examined with real effort. Faith can very easily be fiction, Unless you distinguish superstition. Morality can turn out to be myth, Unless you embrace evolution. There's no place for rigidity in liberty's lands. On the odyssey of revolutions life expands. (Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism, 2021)"

"Sonnet of Chemical Reality The universe is our reflection, We are the reflection of the universe. What is inside is also outside, What is outside is also inside of us. No reality exists without human control, Reality outside our control is imagination. Mental chemicals produce all reality, All can be altered with mindful action. Mind is mightier than muscle, Kindness is braver than cruelty. All reform is born of mental chemicals, Reform yourself and there'll be universality. Truth beyond perception is futile speculation. Let's focus on life and improve human condition. (Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism, 2024)"

"Time is Illusion (The Sonnet) Time is a necessary illusion, forged from the fabric of memory, meant for adding coherence to life, so that you're mindful of your duty. Body cannot survive in the vacuum of space, Mind cannot survive in the vacuum of time. Brain cannot survive in the vacuum of skull, So it floats about in the fluid of spine. Memory makes the past, memory makes future, Memory is the bedrock of the time psyche. Physical time is irrelevant to the mind, Mind creates its own domain of temporality. Time is a myth, that aids us survive. Master the myth, o divine maker - Time and tide are born inside! (Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth, 2023)"

"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. (Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science, 2023)"

"Mind Quotient (Sonnet 1209) Throw away all stupidity of IQ and EQ, They are but stain upon mind's honor. To quantify intelligence is stupid, To quantify emotion is even stupider. When the feeble psyche seeks reassurance, It craves comfort in all sorts of nonsense. Most times it resorts to the supernatural, Exhausting that it resorts to pseudoscience. It is no mark of mental progress to replace supernatural bubble with pseudoscience bubble. No matter how they try to sell you security, Know that, human potential is unquantifiable. IQ is no measure of intelligence, EQ is no measure of emotion either. But craving for IQ and EQ is symptom of a shallow and feeble character. (Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science, 2023)"

"All The World's An Asylum (Sonnet 1235) All the world's an asylum, All the people are lunatics. Some are but loonies of love, Some loonies run by prejudice. Some die running in love of currency, Some die sharing the currency of love. Beyond the grasp of dollar and euro, Love is the only nonvolatile currency in the world. It's good to be a loonie, If the reason is justly humane. When human welfare is at stake, It's only logical to be insane. Sane, insane - be as the need arises, To hell with the judgment of nitwits! In an organic world no sanity is absolute, Boldly walk the spectrum as the purpose fits. (Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect, 2023)"

"My Struggle (Sonnet 1500) My struggle is to build a world, where gestapo, mi6, cia, raw, all are history; where thieves aren't glorified as heroes, invasion isn't sugarcoated as security; military is found only in books of history, where guns are displayed in museum as relics; nukes are just defense against celestial threat, where green sources power all things electric; where it's illegal to amass limitless wealth - food, housing, education, healthcare, are free; where no one can be politician without license, where citizens listen to experts, not celebrity. My struggle is to build a world, where human rights is a human issue, not legal one; where equality is not a belief, but the norm - where human is neither ape nor robot, but human. (Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets, 2024)"

"All Awake to Humanity (Sonnet 2050) Science ought to be at the forefront of calling and curing mindlessness, not an olympian god aloof on pedestal distantly passing judgment, like hallucinations through bushes. Faith ought to be at the forefront of calling out persecution and malice, rather than seeking justification in dead books, like brainless primates. Selma to Montgomery, from river to the sea, We stand guard, with no weapon but our dignity. Reason is our ark, love is our compass - Colored, White, Muslim and otherwise, together we shall overcome - All Awake to Humanity! (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"Neurovision (Sonnet) Mind is one big lie, unless you examine everything. Life is one big blind spot, unless you question everything. All prejudice comes with a flag, all discrimination comes with a badge. Nothing civilized in waving the flag, real honor is to outgrow archaic trash. If you must wave, wave the flag of those who are stripped of their life and dignity. Wave the rainbow, wave the watermelon - lift up those thrown in manufactured obscurity. If left to tradition, every mind is a septic tank of superstition. But nourish it with heart and reason, and mind is sanctuary of illumination. (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"DNA & Race (Sonnet) Ancestral roots count for nothing, modern humans are identified by behavior. In the end, all roots lead to Africa - transcending roots we lay the human culture. Beyond markers of immediate biological family, DNA ancestry tests are practically meaningless. There is no genetic test for ethnicity - science declares sanctions on racism, not validation. There is no White DNA, Black DNA. There is no Muslim DNA, Jewish DNA. There is no Aryan DNA, Dravidian DNA. We're made of stuff of the stars, why do you still rot in the jungle gutter! If you are seeking validation for your bigotry and prejudice, all we scientists can offer you are directions to the nearest psychiatrist. (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"Be a glass of water and quench the thirst of others."

"Science of Life, Class in Session (Sonnet 2087-2088) Nature doesn't kill anybody, nor does it save anybody - life and death are human constructs, just like beauty and the grotesque - nature is above all that, not in an almighty, all-knowing sort of way, but more of an indifferent sort of way - because in nature, nothing's born, nothing dies, they just change shape, and some of those shapes are sentient, some intelligent, some neither - and each identity gets restructured as they go through the shape-shifting, which includes restructure of sentience, or non-sentience, as the case may be. Same elements that make the nonsentient stars, when they change shape into organic material, such as humans, they produce sentience, but as a human corpse decay into nature, those elements get absorbed into the soil, into trees, bugs, and all sorts of creatures, thus they seep into a diverse range of sentient and nonsentient materials - and thus the cycle continues, from the birth of the universe till the end of the universe - beyond that, I don't know - nobody does - it doesn't matter what happens after, what matters is, how you behave now. (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"Anatomy of Conspiracy (Sonnet 2094-2095) The biggest conspiracy in the world is to make people think that there is a conspiracy, because when people believe in conspiracy, they get paranoid, and a paranoid population is the ideal consumer for various soothsaying items, from guns, bombs and nuclear weapons, to crystals, chemtrails, chakras, magnets, gemstones, ouija, racial purity, and plots of land in the afterlife. Now, some of these items and ideas may be harmless, others downright villainous, but they are all part and parcel of an insecure primate's pursuit for control - delusional though such control may be. Conspiracy, superstition, conventional or newage, it's all about control, either self-inflicted or institutionalized - you are searching for order where there is none, so your brain cooks up one, just to keep you satisfied - and you start seeing faces in the clouds, or patterns in your star charts. Keep your mind open, just not so open that your brain starts leaking - an empty attic is a primate's olympus. (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"Two Drops of Blood (Sonnet) Pick a drop of blood from your finger, pick a drop from another, smudge it all on the palm of your hand - now tell me, which is which - which is heretic, which is believer - which is the Christian blood, which is the Muslim - which is the faithful blood, which is forbidden! You always obsess over skin and bones, but care the least for the life within – wake up to life outside dead dogma, and you can't tell one life from another, it's all one. (Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience, 2025)"

"God Eyes (Sonnet) Perception is not a measure of reality, perception is a measure of distance - from afar the sun is a dot, from farther the milkyway is a dot, from farther still the universe is a dot. Likewise, from afar God is an entity, from up close, God is a state of mind, get closer still, and you are God. Perception is like an oscillator circuit, alter the value of the resistor or capacitor, and you change the oscillation. Likewise, truth changes based on the resistance, ie. ignorance, and capacitance, ie. awareness, of your vantage point. (The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology, 2025)"

"Afterlife is other people (Soul Biology, Sonnet 2476) Like many streams finally meet in the sea, we are all born of nature, and ultimately disperse into nature, our identity, our memory, emotions, everything - then the only place we exist is in the memories of other people, whose lives we might have influenced in some way. There is no transference of soul, the way our primitive ancestors believed; soul is just electrochemical response of uniquely individual makeup of organic matter, once that individual makeup breaks down, the individual soul simply vanishes. Your soul disperses as your body does, but not your role in other people's lives. Entity can be wiped out, but not existence, existence that has ignited a few lives. (Sonnets From The Mountaintop, 2025)"

"Jashn-e Inquilab, Sonnet 2600 (Revolution Festivities) When there is order, but no justice, when there is faith, but no goodness, when there is brain, but no benevolence, when there is custom, but no consciousness - when machines behave like people, but people behave like vegetable, when governments shelter more lunatics than lunatic asylums - when ICE age looms early, terrorizing life and liberty, when disparity is packaged as prosperity, and cowardice is the standard of society - let the festivities of revolution commence, breaking the fast of convenient apathy - I am the Imperishable Force of Oneness, I am Iftar, I am Noel, I am Jashn-e Justice. (Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot, 2026)"

"Birth-certificate doesn't certify birth, accountability does."

"Every true scientist is a philosopher, but not every philosopher is a scientist."

"Fear gets feverish, attain such height./Haters go blind, burn so bright./Courage isn't absence of fear,/courage is to overcome fear./Birds get jealous, fly to such heights."

"Flawless and fearless don't go together."

"Only a fool pursues perfection, the wise pursues self-correction."

"Sweet dreams are made of sweat-n-dare. Sweat makes it sweet, dare brings it true."

"Empty pockets, a broken laptop, and a pair of headphones, can change the world."

"God is hardwired in the neural circuitry."

"God is simply a magnificent state of the mind, where the finite turns infinite."

"The Self, when finite, is Human and when infinite, is God."