Free Thinker Quotes

“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.”
― Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight

“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous [person], the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the [person] in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.”
― Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

“Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind ... when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement, is the normal state of the animal kingdom. Only conscious organization of social production, in which production and distribution are carried on in a planned way, can lift mankind above the rest of the animal.”
― Friedrich Engels

“Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“It's very important for institutions of concentrated power to keep people alone and isolated: that way they're ineffective, they can't defend themselves against indoctrination, they can't even figure out what they think.”
― Noam Chomsky, Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

“Free thinker walks on shortcuts among wisdoms.”
― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“Dead Men's Tale (The Sonnet)

They say, time and tide wait for none,
Lest the bird learns it can fly.
The best way to control apes is,
To make them feel guilty for their light.

They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet,
We live our lives based on dead men's tale.
It is okay to tell tales if it enhances sight,
But not the kind that produces a walking hell.

There is no divide when we are alive,
Divisions exist only in kingdom of the dead.
We are divided because we are dead,
Come to life, and all divides will be deleted.

Let us write a new tale with the spirit of life.
Instead of celebrating death,
let's celebrate each other's light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“We look for roots in dead men's custom, while we should be looking among the living.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet, we live our lives based on dead men's tale.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet,
We live our lives based on dead men's tale.
It is okay to tell tales if it enhances sight,
But not the kind that produces a walking hell.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“All in The Mind (The Sonnet)

God is all in the mind,
What's wrong with that!
Art is also all in the mind,
So, is art nothing but dirt!

Yes, plenty harm has been done,
In the name of God.
The same can be said,
About science and art.

Dividers will always divide,
Haters will always hate.
Apes will find one excuse or another,
To justify their authoritarian trait.

For example, 9/11 wasn't religion's fault,
Any more than Hiroshima was science's fault.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Unbound (The Sonnet)

Unbound by tradition,
Unbound by biases,
Unbound by belief,
Unbound by loyalties,

Unbound by logicality,
Unbound by assumption,
Unbound by selfishness,
Unbound by argumentation,

Unbound by intellect,
Unbound by ignorance,
Unbound by arrogance,
Unbound by indifference.

This is how we rise human,
This is how we find communion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Fight as brave lions for sacred inclusivity,
not for saffronication as domesticated cows.
Fight for justice, rejuvenated by reason,
not for prejudice, decreed by apeman vows.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Fight for justice, rejuvenated by reason, not for prejudice, decreed by apeman vows.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Clockwork mice and clockwork minds both can run great distances with no sense of why?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“I decide what I am,
and I decide the parameters of what I am -
for example, I can be a monk and still fall in love,
just like, I can be a muslim poet,
and still consider the koran to be flawed -

I can be a theologian of any faith, and consider
all the scriptures to be a mix of good and bad -
my mind is the measure, not convention;
life is my constitution, not tradition.

This is how I created whatever I've created,
not in defiance of convention, but indifference -
I built my universe, aloof from foolish fractures,
to men of ritual it's a terrible sacrilege.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Cup is just crockery, till there is coffee. Head is just a skull, till there is mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Blasphemy is merely truth told too early.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Don't be a jelly fish,
Be a free thinker”
― Charmaine J. Forde

“I remember thinking how exhausting it was to exist as a rational thinker in the Bible Belt. No one judged you based on your character; instead it was all about how many times per week you went to church.”
― Jennifer Welch, Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches

“It's great that the bible says,
love thy neighbor,
but will you still love your neighbor
if the bible said not to!

It's great that true science
always dismantles prejudice,
but will you still reject prejudice
if science defended it with evidence!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“It's great that the bible says, love thy neighbor, but will you still love your neighbor if the bible said not to!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Divine by deed, not by decree,
courier of culture, not nationality -
loud enemy of the nationalist state,
with no dogcollar of brainless loyalty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Braver than nuclear, I'm neurochemical warfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Stagnation kills consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“You cannot be human, and popular too.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Naskargen (Sonnet 3000)

It all started with a promise -
Liberty is my religion, Humans are my God;
what took to paper as a penniless dream,
ignited the planet with culture of integration.

Journey of civilization begins with
one person rejecting an outdated tradition,
evolution of apes to human begins with
one person disposing of their flag in a museum.

Divinity of the past was based in sky-fiction,
divinity of the present must be rooted in life;
science of the robots revolves around metal,
science of the humans must center around mind.

Faith fixated on no prophecy, no propaganda,
I entrust my promise upon you,
my promise, my rebellion, my madness -
if there is not a single Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Journey of civilization begins with one person rejecting an outdated tradition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“My sonnets, my rules -
my science, my rules -
my theology, my rules -
my universe, my rules.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot