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“If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
― Shirley Chisholm

“The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their land and valuables, and respecting almost nothing about the native cultures. They lost the wisdom of the indigenous peoples-wisdom about the land and connectedness to the great web of life…We have another chance with all these refugees. People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other to produce a better Americaâ€�”
― Mary Pipher

“Compassion isn't just about feeling the pain of others; it's about bringing them in toward yourself. If we love what God loves, then, in compassion, margins get erased. 'Be compassionate as God is compassionate,' means the dismantling of barriers that exclude.

In Scripture, Jesus is in a house so packed that no one can come through the door anymore. So the people open the roof and lower this paralytic down through it, so Jesus can heal him. The focus of the story is, understandably, the healing of the paralytic. But there is something more significant than that happening here. They're ripping the roof off the place, and those outside are being let in.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“The continuum in which we live is not the kind of place in which middles can be unambiguously excluded. ”
― Reuben Abel

“The human heart is too grand to be wasted in the gutter of cultural exclusivity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“Awake, Arise, Integrate - to segregate is to disintegrate!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Every culture is my culture, every country is my country.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Lives to Serve Before I Sleep

“We need a civilized patriotism, one that is devoid of all sectarianism and cultural supremacy. We gotta be patriotic towards humanity, not nationality - we gotta be patriotic for justice and equality, not supremacy - we gotta be patriotic for inclusion, not the exclusive sustenance of our own dignity at the expense of the dignity of others.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“We need patriotism, yes we do, but not the one practiced by our ancestors. We need a civilized patriotism, one that is devoid of all sectarianism and cultural supremacy. We gotta be patriotic towards humanity, not nationality - we gotta be patriotic for justice and equality, not supremacy - we gotta be patriotic for inclusion, not the exclusive sustenance of our own dignity at the expense of the dignity of others.

We need a patriotism where there is no us and them - we need a patriotism where there is no lord and laymen - we need a patriotism where there is no savior and subject - we need a patriotism where our savior is our sense of virtue - we need a patriotism where our queen is our accountability - we need a patriotism where our constitution and gospel are our own conscience.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“Tolerance, tolerance, tolerance, that's the watchword of civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Prejudice is the root of all persecution.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“The difference between (hu)man and monkey lies in inclusivity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Hz. Isa (Jesus), Hz. Mevlana, or Hz. Naskar - the message comes in many forms, but the message itself is one and the same - it's the message of love, not hate - it's the message of assimilation, not dissimilation - it's the message of peace, not pieces.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“All Roads Lead to People (Sonnet)

What the world needs is character,

character civilized enough to
prioritize benevolence over borders,
awake enough to tell right from wrong,
and not kowtow to cannibal ancestors,

alive enough to value first the welfare of
the living over the last wishes of the dead,
human enough to identify as human, beyond
the gaslighting spell of prejudiced fairytales.

What burns the bigots most is
an unbending flame of inclusion,
what the world needs is character,
radiant with loving assimilation.

All roads spring from people,
and they lead back to the people.
Whenever we deviate from each other,
we are bound to end back in the jungle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“What the world needs is character,
alive enough to value first the welfare of
the living over the last wishes of the dead,
human enough to identify as human, beyond
the gaslighting spell of prejudiced fairytales.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Stay woke, stay human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Truth is simple,
Lies are complex.
Light is simple,
Darkness is complex.
Curiosity is simple,
Conspiracy is complex.
Acceptance is simple,
Discrimination is complex.
Peace is simple, war is complex.
Love is simple, hate is complex.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather

“When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars will rise up to take the place. They will stand up wherever there is bigotry, wherever there is discrimination, injustice and inequality, they will stand up wherever there is oppression, segregation and crisis.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Call The People: My World My Responsibility

“INCLUSION, n. The controversial practice of including children with special
needs in classes with the general student population. Some argue for full
inclusion, while others maintain that separate programs are superior.
Extremists on both sides miss the obvious: children with special needs have
special needs—what’s good for them always depends.”
― Jonas Koblin, The Unschooler's Educational Dictionary: A Lighthearted Introduction to the World of Education and Curriculum-Free Alternatives

“That’s the only conquest I care about, for language is the highway to culture. Not real estate, gadgets or cash, give me languages, give me cultures.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Not real estate, gadgets or cash, give me languages, give me cultures.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“How can anybody be okay, when some pompous, puffed-up, maladjusted, addlepated, blowhards keep impeding efforts of equality and assimilation, as if it's not past 2020 AD, but 2020 BC!”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“The most common explanation by leaders and those in positions of influence is that equity, diversity, and inclusion take time. My question is, whose time â€� that of a human or a God? The scriptures tell us that God’s one day is equal to one thousand human years. So, if we are talking in terms of God’s time, it has only been six days. If we are talking in terms of human time, then recorded human history is six thousand years. How much longer are we expected to wait.”
― Faisal Khosa

“I don't write on multiculturalism, I am multiculturalism, I'm the living specimen of a multicultural human from the future. Today I may be the anomaly, but tomorrow people like me will be the norm, and cultural exclusivity will be a deranged fringe practice, like witchcraft is today.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Accessibility is Humanity (Sonnet)

I wanted my mind to be accessible to everyone,
so I started translating my core ideas into as
many languages as I can phonetically make sense.
I wanted to be visible further beyond the eyes,
so, lacking braille, I started recording my voice.

I have a scientist brain, sufi heart, and a monk
spirit - I don't need to outsource any faculty.
I am capable, I am incorruptible, I am alive -
I need no one's charity to uphold my humanity.

No backing, only backbone.
No benefactor, only brain power.
No industry, only integrity.
No contract, only character.

Exclusivity breeds jungle, inclusivity makes society.
Vip access is for animals, accessibility is humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Everywhere is home, everyone is family.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Original Vow (Anti Fascist Sonnet)

By race we are all african,
by birth we are all feminist,
by nature we are all lovers,
by suffering we are all poets.

You know, which nation has the nicest people?
You cannot guess in a million years.
The nation with the nicest people is, Earth, for
no nation has exclusive franchise over niceness -

goodness is a human quality, not a national one.
Nationalism is an animal trait, not a human one.
Sacredness is a secular practice, not sectarian.
Culture is an act of expansion, not exclusion.

Bella ciao, we're not going back
to the jungle, not ever, not now.
Hate not permitted while I stand,
this, is the original divine vow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Unity is life, division is death.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“I am the Naskar, and I bridge people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience