Abhijit Naskar Quotes

When you don’t have explanation for a certain phenomenon, as a real human, you should suspend judgement, instead of concocting supernatural explanations out of ignorance and primordial fanaticism.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It is better to be foolish than a dilettante.

~ Abhijit Naskar

What one person calls miracle, I call nature.

~ Abhijit Naskar

No knowledge comes from the outside world or an imaginary supernatural paradise.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Imagine the ancient society of India, and in fact all over the world, a few thousands years ago. In those days, rational thinking was quite scarce. Ignorance was the default mode of thinking. Only a handful of individuals were capable of higher intellectual thinking.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Come out, O lions, and shake off the ancient mysticism and prejudices.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Come out my friend. Come out from the narrow lanes of darkness. Come out into the vivacious light of the day where all the glory resides.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The are two kinds of people in this modern society. First and the majority are those fools who think they are wise, and second are the few wise individuals who know that they are fools.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Come out my friend. Come out from the narrow lanes of darkness into the vivacious light of the day.

~ Abhijit Naskar

One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Wisdom begins in knowing the self.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Truth evolves incessantly. If it does not, it's no truth at all.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Education means nourishing the mind and make it develop in order to see beyond the limitations of current social perception.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The purpose of education should ultimately be the advancement of the species. And for this to actually happen, the world needs the kind of education by means of which character is formed, strength of the mind is increased and the human intellect is expanded beyond its own limits.

~ Abhijit Naskar

There is a system alright, but the actual element of education has long gone.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Books may be the most valuable treasure of knowledge, but it is the human mind, that turns that knowledge into wisdom.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The highest wisdom is to know that you know nothing.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It is a tragedy of modern life that the light of truth scares the society much more than the darkness of ignorance.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The purpose of education should be character-building.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Never confuse belief with knowledge.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It is one thing to believe and another to know.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Self-knowledge is the greatest kind of knowledge.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Education is a relentless voyage of discovery.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Know the One - the Self, and you'll know the All.

~ Abhijit Naskar

A library is more precious than a bank.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Knowledge is worth nothing, until it is put to practice.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Should you wish to pursue the infinity of truth, you must make yourself humble as ashes and vigorous as the wind.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Those who mock at you, shall one day worship you.

~ Abhijit Naskar

It is not speed that matters, it's persistence.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Work, Work and work, until you either succeed in your mission, or you die!

~ Abhijit Naskar

You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Women are no sheep. Women are no fragile showpiece to be placed above the fire-place. Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Don’t be fearless, but tame your fears, and stop at nothing.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The representation of women in the society, especially through mass media has been the most delusional act ever done on the grounds of human existence.

~ Abhijit Naskar

A society where feminine beauty is defined not by the human self on genuine intellectual and sentimental grounds, but by a computer software on the grounds of economic interest, is more dead than alive. It is a society of human bodies, not human beings.

~ Abhijit Naskar

How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is no human.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life.

~ Abhijit Naskar

The female brain itself is a highly intuitive emotion-processing machine, which when put to practice in the progress of the society, would do much more than any man can with all his analytical perspectives.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. And given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world. Harmony and conflict-solving run in their veins. Whereas men have evolved into more authoritarian creatures.

~ Abhijit Naskar