Interfaith Quotes

“Awakening to faith is not a one-time event, but a continuously unfolding reality. The journey of faith is not a race, but a marathon of love that each person walks at a different pace.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect.”
― Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, The Religion of God

“The battery of religion is people, the engine of religion is people, the path of religion is people, the destination of religion is people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“The Earthistana Anthem
(Sonnet 2570-2574)

I was born without lineage,
without a holy claim -
no prophet in my pocket,
no empire to my name.

But I rose from the ruins
of the borders they drew,
and I learned from the ashes
what a human can do.

The world was carved with lies,
with flags of hate and fear -
but the pulse of integration
kept pulling me near.

So I wrote my own scripture
with the ink of equality -
no one is a stranger,
one people are we.

Raise your heart like a banner,
tear the hatred apart -
every life is revolution,
every breath is an art.

Pilgrims of the heart,
children of no throne -
the world is our home,
the duty is my own.

No God above the human,
no border in the mind -
tolerance is our anthem,
we are the humankind.

I've seen temples feed on fear,
graves labeled as pride -
I've seen nations crowned
with glory, yet cruelty inside.

But I've also seen a stranger
share their only bread,
and in that tiny gesture,
every scripture was said.

We are the dawn that we seek,
let the dread of dark retire -
we are the rebels of empathy,
our ammunition nerve fiber.

Let the world's wounded pages
be rewritten by you -
with the ink of courage,
with the rainbow of truth.

Let us lift the fallen,
heal the fractures of fate -
every act of kindness,
makes tyranny evaporate.

From monastery bells
to the muezzin's call,
from the wailing walls
to the city hall,

when our voices combine,
the soil becomes sacred -
the only holy nation
is the one without hatred.

Pilgrim of the heart,
oneness in our vein -
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.

Shortcircuit the convention,
surpass all claim to fame -
let us enhance, not reduce each other,
so the world becomes humane.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“From monastery bells
to the muezzin's call,
from the wailing walls
to the city hall,
when our voices combine,
the soil becomes sacred -
the only holy nation
is the one without hatred.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“The only holy nation is the one without hatred.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Pilgrim of the heart,
oneness in our vein -
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Comparison will either make you feel superior or inferior. Neither honors God.”
― Fatima Rabihi

“Human is the bridge, and bridge is the truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I lived my duty, now you be the Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I lived my duty,
now you be the Naskar.
Let the cosmos stand witness,
to the spark of human nature.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I am the genre.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Go Burn My Verses (Sonnet 2636)

Burn the verses, I'll write fiction -
burn the fiction, I'll write music -
burn the music, I'll adopt a new language -
burn the language, I'll pick up paintbrush -
burn the paintbrush, I'll grab a soldering iron.

Take away one medium, I'll adopt a new one,
apes don't have the braincells to sabotage my mission.
The only unstoppable organism in the universe,
is the mind that embraces evolution over limitation.

You keep asking, how do I write so immense -
I keep asking, where's the off switch for this!
Every time I decide to take a breather,
ideas start pouring, so I keep typing restless.

You're welcome to burn all my verses,
still you cannot dampen the spark of oneness.
Today I'm Naskar, tomorrow another -
truth will find a postman, across time and space.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“You're welcome to burn all my verses, still you cannot dampen the spark of oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I'm Noel, I'm Iftar - I'm oneness, I'm Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“There is no law, only I am -
no grand design, no master clan -
no sacred script, no chosen land,
only beating hearts and helping hands.

I'm Noel, I'm Iftar -
I'm oneness, I'm Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Keepers of Earth (Sonnet 2656)

Every country has its local beacon of humanity,
you don't need to look to another country
to know what the best of humanity looks like -

if you are American, think like MLK -
if you are South African, think like Madiba -
if you are Russian, think like Tolstoy -
if you are Indian, think like Narendranath Dutta -

if you are Serbian, think like Nikola -
if you are Azerbaijani, think like Nasimi -
if you are Turkish, think like Mustafa Kemal -
if you are English, think like Jane Goodall.

But if you fail to call any country your own,
if the whole charade of nationality
and tribal identity feels meaningless to you,
then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“If you fail to call any country your own, if the whole charade of nationality and tribal identity feels meaningless to you, then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“If the whole charade of nationality feels meaningless to you, then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Every country has its local beacon of humanity -
if you are American, think like MLK -
if you are South African, think like Madiba -
if you are Indian, think like Narendranath Dutta -
if you are Azerbaijani, think like Nasimi -
if you are Turkish, think like Mustafa Kemal.

But If the whole charade of nationality feels meaningless to you, then you may come
and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“If you tie Naskar to a nation, you've failed the Naskar mission.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Ek Insaan, aur ek hi lakshya;
Moksh ka matlab ek hi manushya.
Dharm se upar Insaan hi satya;
Imaan Insaaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada;
Koi bole paani, koi bole water.
Utho Insaan, Marham ka Sagar;
Ana al Haq, Vigyan Ujaagar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Vision Viraat, Vajra Avinashi;
Na koi dev, na koi daasi.
Love is the law, tolerance is anthem;
Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar;
Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar.
Koi bole water, koi bole paani;
Koi bole darvish, koi sanyaasi.

Utho Insaan, Marham ka Sagar;
Ana al Haq, Vigyan Ujaagar.
Koi bole water, koi bole paani;
Koi bole scientist, koi bole sufi.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Some ask for water, some ask for pani - somewhere I'm scientist, somewhere I'm sufi. I cannot explain this (nonduality) to your puny eurocentric analytical psyche, even to try would be like explaining neuroscience to a neanderthal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I burnt my life as proof that Naskar is human, yet apes continue to google, what religion is Naskar, what nationality is Naskar!”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“I'm known by many names - Hometown Human, Vijdansaadet, Divine Refugee or Abigitano - all names aim at one mind - Mujize Insan, Kral Fakir, Visvavictor or Mental por El Mundo.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“If you want to find out if someone is truly holy, don't ask them whether they believe in god, ask them instead, what they think of other religions, and if their response is that of appreciation, then you know that their heart is truly sacred, but if they rush to blabber about their own religion, then they're no more holy than I am white.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“If you want to find out if someone is truly holy, don't ask them whether they believe in god, ask them instead, what they think of other religions.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock