Insan Himalayanoğlu Quotes

“I Am My Teacher (Sonnet 1234)

I teach myself when I need to learn something,
I correct myself when I make mistakes.
No two year old shaped as 40, 50, 60 or 70,
Has the maturity to provide me moral guidance.

I taught myself electronics when I fell for it,
I taught myself music in my youthful high.
I taught myself languages in sheer obsession,
I taught myself aeronautics when I wanted to fly.

Critics mail, I should add "biggest ego" to my bio,
I thank them all for an astounding revelation.
If I actually behaved befitting my capacity,
Half your legends will lose their reputation.

You only see the tip of the ice-berg,
Fullness of the Himalayas you'll never see.
I chose to put many of my passions aside,
One path, one mission - one answer to calamity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“If you are tired, slow down, don't back down.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“It's okay to fall apart - those who never fall apart, never fly afar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“I looked for love,
I found pain.
I avoided pain,
I lost love.

I looked for pain,
I found love.
I accepted pain,
I discovered joy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Hotels are for leaving,
Home is for returning.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Languages are but echoes of each other, Based on the environment each feels unique. No language is superior, no language is inferior, All are born of human mind to meet at heart's peak.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“There's a terrorist in all of us,
as well as a transformer.
Decision is totally yours,
Wreak havoc or rise a reformer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Language and ideology are not the same thing. Sociology is a language, socialism is an ideology - economics is a language, capitalism is an ideology. Language is an act of communication, ideology is an act of miscommunication. Focus on the language, not the ideology.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“夜の探検家は昼の皇帝です。”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Those who look for a relationship,
don't care about abs and racks.
Those who look for abs and racks,
don't care for relationship.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“One heart, one brain, one backbone - that's all it takes to change the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Love is the only nonvolatile currency in the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Favoritism is Good (The Sonnet)

My favorite language in the world is Turkish,
Because its culture electrifies my scars.
My favorite language in the East is Telugu,
Because its music emboldens my nerves.

My favorite language in the West is Spanish,
Because it teaches me the worth of freedom.
Favorite ancient tongues are Arabic 'n Sanskrit,
For one embodies peace, another assimilation.

My favorite science of all is electronics,
For it empowers my imagination untainted.
My favorite philosophy is everyday curiosity,
It helps me transcend all sectarian intellect.

My favorite religion in the world is service,
Because it transforms an animal into human.
I don't care what you believe or don't,
As long as your behavior speaks compassion.

Favoritism is a civilized faculty,
when practiced beyond blood and border.
Problem is when you see nothing at all,
beyond the rim of your family and culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“My favorite religion in the world is service, Because it transforms an animal into human. I don't care what you believe or don't, As long as your behavior speaks compassion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Simplicity seats profundity,
Complexity contains shallowness.
Lavishness indicates thievishness,
Luxury facilitates pettiness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Life begins where death ends,
Death ends where fear fades.
Fear fades where vision reigns,
Vision reigns where apathy ends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Humanitarian Behaviorism
(The Sonnet)

Give me a drop of love,
I'll shower you with monsoon.
Hit me with loads of hate,
I'll silently disappear soon.

I don't approve of hate in return,
I just walk away from wrong done to me.
Wrong done to another is another matter,
I am the bulldozer, if you are the bully.

I am a biologist and behaviorist after all,
I don't need to do harm to restrain harm.
Weaknesses of the apes are my common knowledge,
Where there is brain, there's no need for brawn.

Brain used to lift the world,
is the only human brain.
All else is mindless protoplasm,
ever-consumed with greed and gain.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“To lift the world is a labor of love,
Still it strikes strain on mind at times.
That's where reformer stands out in crowd,
No strain clouds long a mission-driven mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“One heart, one brain, one backbone -
that's all it takes to change the world.
When all three boil with vigor of life,
you can barely sit still avoiding effort.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“The journey is the destination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“It's not enough to outgrow the divisions in culture, we must also outgrow the divisions in intellect. For example, if you think theology is all about the supernatural, it doesn't mean the entire field of theology is nonsense, it just means, you are studying the wrong kind of theology – you are stuck with an archaic notion of theology. Likewise, if you think science is all about cold facts and figures, then you are studying the wrong kind of science – you are stuck with an archaic notion of science.

Till you develop a common humane ground underneath your feet, all the facts and all the faith won't do you any good.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“The lines between neuroscience, philosophy, poetry, theology and sociology do not exist in my works. Divisions exist only in the world of amateurs - the deeper you go in mind, the more undivided you become, until you finally realize, it's all one.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Αναζήτησα την αγάπη,
Βρήκα πόνο.
απέφυγα τον πόνο,
Έχασα την αγάπη.

Έψαχνα τον πόνο,
Βρήκα την αγάπη.
Δέχτηκα τον πόνο,
Ανακάλυψα τη χαρά.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Szukałem miłości,
Znalazłem ból.
Unikałem bólu,
Straciłem miłość.

Szukałem bólu,
Znalazłem miłość.
Przytuliłem ból,
Odkryłem radość.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Love is the only way,
all else is futile.
Pain of love is pearl of love,
all else is vain and vile.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Selfless love is the only love I know,
All other love are capitalist merchandise.
Dating market has become a stock market,
Expectations encapsulated in hypocritical lies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Monsoon comes every time,
defying all evident drought.
Whole world will lose its sight,
if one bold heart forgets to sprout.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“El amor es la única moneda no volátil del mundo.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Un corazón, un cerebro, una columna vertebral: eso es todo lo que se necesita para cambiar el mundo.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Merhaba, İnsan ben!
Himalaya evladı,
O yüzden, soyadım,
Himalayanoğlu.

Bazıları bana şair diyo,
Bazıları diyo derviş.
Ben neyim, haberim yok ama,
İnsanız, insan gibi yaşarız.

Müslüman ol,
Hristiyan ol,
Yahudi ol ya da Hindu ol.
Ne istiyorsan ol,
ama herşeyden önce,
iyi bir insan ol.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect