Woke Quotes

“It seems to me that the people labeled woke are those who are empathetic, are open-minded, and challenge the world to be a better place.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

“Born Ape, Die Human (Antiseptic Sonnet)

I'm born an ape,
but I won't die an ape,
I'll die the most spectacular
human that ever lived -

blasphemously tolerant,
immeasurably expansive,
impractically unbending,
impossibly inclusive.

The sun always stings like antiseptic,
for lies lull with comfort of narcotics.
Give me ten brains, hearts and spines,
I'll give you a planet primed with peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Whenever, wherever, fanaticism weaponizes fear, human hearts gotta rise, abandoning tranquility. Whenever chowderheads infringe on love and reason, time be my testament - My World, My Responsibility!”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Racism is no longer tolerated as normal, Islamophobia is no longer tolerated as normal, Homophobia is no longer tolerated as normal, Chauvinism is no longer tolerated as normal, Colonialism is no longer tolerated as normal - believe you me, this is the most human humanity have ever been in our 200,000 years long history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Most Human (Sonnet 2151)

Racism is no longer tolerated as normal,
Islamophobia is no longer tolerated as normal,
Homophobia is no longer tolerated as normal,
Chauvinism is no longer tolerated as normal,
Colonialism is no longer tolerated as normal -

believe you me, I speak as a biologist,
this is the most human humanity have
ever been in our 200,000 years long history.

Accessibility is no longer ignored as unimportant,
Autism is no longer frowned upon as abnormal,
Integration is no longer cussed as act of stigma,
Intolerance no longer celebrated as divine intervention.

No wonder bigots have their knickers in a twist,
customs of the jungle are getting eradicated like disease.
Don't be disheartened by occasional resurgence of fascism,
inhumanity flickers fiercely before fading into the abyss.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Everybody has a right to love and happiness, any book, brain or ballot that demands otherwise, take it to the wilderness and set it free, far, far away from civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Never apologize for standing tall, their rigidity doesn't make you wrong. Double down on your voice of existence, in ominous adversity be unleashed as dawn.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“When 'sacred' is anagram for 'scared', to sin is our Earth Gospel.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“In English we say:
live and let live.
In Naskarian we say:
choose and let choose.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Stand odd, stand ablaze.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Call out the monkeys in a million different ways - make intolerance the most unacceptable tradition in human history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I don't engage with fanatics, for the same reason I don't consume alcohol, it's a ridiculous waste of brain cells. Don't waste your brainpower dignifying bigots, redirect all your neurochemical electricity to power a new world, nonchalant to accusations.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

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

“Make intolerance the most unacceptable tradition in human history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Not free at last, but free at first - be the first to question inhuman convention, be the first to question unjust law, be the first to question cruel logic, be the first to question a bigoted population.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“You cannot have a brain, and complacent too. You cannot have backbone, and conformist too.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Declaration of Independence,
this time written by human (2510)

In the course of human happenings,
whenever intolerance gets legislated,
and persecution becomes national policy,
it's duty of the living to abolish such order,
and boot out the monkey masters of malice.

We the humans, with more than two brain cells,
and proud carriers of a beating heart,
do solemnly swear upon our upright backbone,
we shall not walk away when a human is hurt.

ICE or Gestapo, no matter the uniform,
we tolerate no monkeys do harm -
we are citizens of the mountaintop,
never again we're regressing to the jungle.

Thus speaks the Declaration of Independence,
this time voiced by human, for the humans.
No king, no pilgrim, is our master no more -
Earth is our address, integration, our tradition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“ICE or Gestapo, no matter the uniform,
we tolerate no monkeys do harm -
No king, no pilgrim, is our master no more -
Earth is our address, integration, our tradition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Whenever intolerance gets legislated, and persecution becomes national policy, it's duty of the living to abolish such order, and boot out the monkey masters of malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“In a paradigm of hate,
be the paradox of love -
glue to the galaxy,
epoxy of the epoch.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“What does it mean to be woke? In the simplest sense, it means to be aware. It means to see your surroundings and challenge how we strengthen our relationships with the government, the community, and nature. To be WOKE is to fight for your civil rights and to fight for the rights of your neighbors.”
― Mahogany L. Browne, Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice

“To be WOKE is to understand that equality and justice for some is not equality and justice at all. We must stay alert. We must ask hard questions. We must stand for what is right--even when it is difficult and scary.”
― Mahogany L. Browne, Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice

“Hasta el más estúpido había retenido la melodía y parte de la letra, mientras que los más inteligentes, como los cerdos y los perros, aprendieron la canción en pocos minutos”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“La gente es asín de rara. Se quedan con las mentiras que les gustan y tiran las que les dan miedo”
― Percival Everett, James

“Unfurl your fiber, and refuse the script,
don't make pilgrimage out of jungle myths.
You're more than cattle and veggie,
you are Your own Holiness and Majesty!

Don’t believe it, Naskar it!
Don’t assume it, Naskar it!
Question everything they permit,
if it’s not human, don’t submit!

If the world’s on autopilot, interrupt it!
If the truth feels dangerous, then conduct it!
Love your neighbor before your leader -
When justice calls your name, answer it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“You don’t learn to love, you unlearn the hate.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I am not the thought police of your life, but neither is any scripture, constitution, or crown – and if you cannot tell right from wrong without outside influence, you might as well start wearing diapers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“In matters of human rights, ethics, morality, reason, righteousness, philosophy and theology, white people must be seen, not heard - unless you've proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, with every ounce of your existence, that you value humanity more than you value your faith, your intellect, your philosophy, and every aspect of your whitewashed identikit.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“White is not a color, white is a mindset, and every person infected by that mindset is a potential threat to the human race, as such they must be crowdfunded with immediate psychiatric treatment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“If your brain doesn't set fire to the bigots, your neurons aren't electric enough.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth