Abhijit Naskar Quotes

I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, nor did I have access to information like you do today via the internet. I had to learn everything the hard way. And I had to become a scientist the old-fashioned way, which is, not through academia, but through trial and error. And my hardship opened up unforeseen gateways of perception in my mind. And through these gateways, today the whole world is able to see its inner self.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Luxury is the enemy of growth. This is the one thing that I learnt from my father, and I approve of it fully. Abundance is neither good nor healthy for the growth of a child’s mind.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Luxury is the enemy of growth.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Non-violent resistance to evil is a quintessential element of the character of a real human being. If someone does wrong to me, I may be physically capable of breaking his jaw with one blow of my fist, but such violent reciprocation does not define the strength of my character as a real human being. If I succeed in resisting my limbic urge to do harm in return, then only can I be hailed as human being of real character.

~ Abhijit Naskar

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

We all have the power to influence others. It is up to us, whether we are going to abuse that power to manipulate people or use it to help them.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Doubt not the self O lion-heart, for those who call you crazy will one day worship you.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Whatever you do, do it as a master, not as a slave.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It does not matter whatsoever, what the people around you think you can or cannot do. What really matters is what you think about your capabilities.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Conscience is not white, black or brown. Conscience is human. It is beyond race – it is beyond religion – it is beyond all sectarianism.

~ Abhijit Naskar

There is no such thing as predestined. Human destiny in the human world is determined by none but the humans.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Your fate lies in your hands.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Confidence of a dedicated person, seems to be over-confidence to ordinary masses.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Be the help you seek from others.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Filmmaking is not the work of the weak-minded. It may not be rocket science, but it requires ten times more strength of the mind than that.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Don’t ask for miracles. You are the living embodiment of all the miracles in the world.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Humanism is the purest expression of your soul as a human. It has no God to be concerned with, except for the living Gods, that is the humans. It has no doctrine to abide by, except for the natural doctrine of love and benevolence. That's the religion we need my friend.

~ Abhijit Naskar

If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea.

~ Abhijit Naskar

If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea. If you want pleasure, have pleasure from the pursuit of your passion. If you want to be indoctrinated, then be so by the natural law of humanism.

~ Abhijit Naskar

People fight over religion, because they don't understand religion. They think reading a few Bibles, Qurans and Vedas makes them religious. Books are not religion my friend. Real religion is realization of the Self.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Any scripture that demands irrefutable obedience must be discarded at once.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The greatest Church is within you, and it is made of love, courage and conscience.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind of humans.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The same Sermon on the Mount that influenced Tolstoy to write “The Kingdom of God is Within You”, inspired me to a great extent in my work “Principia Humanitas”.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The world needs something from you, my friend. It needs the heart that is deep as the ocean and infinite as the outer-space. Can you provide that my friend! Can you make your will so large and your conscience so sharp that in front of which, a thousand Everests and a thousand Kilimanjaros would bow!

~ Abhijit Naskar

The human body is not necessarily a human being.

~ Abhijit Naskar

A Muslim who prays five times a day and yet beats his wife at home, is no religious person. A Christian who goes to Church every Sunday, and yet never talks to his or her neighbor with a smile on the face, is no religious person. On the other hand, an outspoken atheist who most lovingly talks and listens to people of all religions without any bigotry or prejudice is a hundred times more religious than all the theoretical preachers of all religions combined.

~ Abhijit Naskar

An outspoken atheist who most lovingly talks and listens to people of all religions without any bigotry or prejudice is a hundred times more religious than all the theoretical preachers of all religions combined.

~ Abhijit Naskar

No God, no messiah, no prophet can grant your wishes – it is only through your own efforts that you can make your wishes come true – it is only you who can grant your own wishes.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Stop being the sheep and become the lion my friend!

~ Abhijit Naskar

With the rise of self- awareness, all separatisms cease to exist - all delusions cease to exist.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The Human Self is the only friend and savior to all humanity.

~ Abhijit Naskar

There is no God in Buddha’s teachings. There is no religious ritual in Buddha’s teachings. All that there is, is simple “Karma” or “Work” – that is the “Dhamma” or “Duty” or “Religion” he preached.

~ Abhijit Naskar

To all the women I say, don’t ask to be saved by anyone, “my brave baghinis” (tigresses). Remember, if you deem yourselves as sheeps, men will treat you as such, but if you deem yourselves as tigresses, then you are the ones who will shape humanity.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Do not become self-absorbed, but become self-aware.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Great occasions often stimulate a person to do something great, but that tells nothing of his or her real character. Great is the person who does good always, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Be excellent in your own terms. Do not look for approval from a single soul on this planet. Respect yourself and in time the whole world will respect you.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Great is the person who does good always, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The world needs courage and conscience that can penetrate into the darkest mysteries and secrets of the universe.

~ Abhijit Naskar