Neurosonnets Quotes

“If A Tree Falls (Sonnet)

If a tree falls in the forest, but
nobody hears it, did it really fall!

If children are bombed to death,
but it's omitted from the news,
did the children really die!

If people are massacred by law,
but it's not on Netflix,
is it really a genocide!

If democracy is dismantled piece by piece,
but by government decree,
is it really illegal!

If the world is burnt to cinders,
but the privileged castles stay intact,
is the world really burning!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Fall in love, make mistakes,
get your heart broken every weekend.
Build your character before the promise,
nothing more vulgar than a vow broken.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Post-apocalyptic world will never unfold like in the movies, the post-apocalyptic world already exists, may be not for you, as you're born on the lucky side of privilege - but that world of drought, flood, famine, plague and persecution already exists - ten steps from the door of the privileged.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Rx for Fascism (Sonnet)

Gaza is not for sale,
Greenland is not for sale,
Ukraine is not for sale,
Canada is not for sale.

Planet Earth is not real estate,
to pander to your predatory psychopathy.
If you are so hard up for cash, we can all
chip in to buy you some good ol shock therapy.

When someone plays fast and loose with rights
and freedom, their place is either in the jungle
or in a mental institution, not in office.
Fascism, fundamentalism and nationalism,
these are the ultimate mental illness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“When bigots get loud, we gotta make our existence even louder.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Human is a speck of order upon the fabric of chaos.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Those who practice intolerance as freedom, hate as holiness, conspiracy as wisdom, and prejudice as purity, are a lot of things, but not human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Faith can be unholy,
science can be inhuman,
none depends on the tool,
all depends on the person.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“An empty attic is a primate's olympus.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“All roots lead to Africa.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“If you can't be a tsunami, be a flash flood - if you can't be a flash flood, be a garden hose, and wash away the inhumanities around you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“The first global goal is to fire the fascists.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Children of South (World Sonnet)

Africa is not a charity case,
Colombia is not a charity case,
Bolivia is not a charity case,
Venezuela is not a charity case,

Mexico is not a charity case,
Philippines is not a charity case,
Thailand is not a charity case,
India is not a charity case -

the global south is not a charity case,
it's rich with both mind and minerals.
Human poverty in the global south is
manufactured by the northern apes.

Awake, Arise, O Children of South,
you got more brain, heart and backbone
than all old and new colonials combined.
Humans of Earth everywhere, all rise 'n roar,
the first global goal is to fire the fascists.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“In a world of flexible spine and rigid mind, muster an unbending spine with expanding mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Fascism, fundamentalism and nationalism, these are the ultimate mental illness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“They say, time waits for no man, I say, time waits for no ape. But when a human stands bold, primed by the force of purpose, time renders itself subservient.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“I am my own gateway to endless enlightenment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Gateway to Enlightenment (Sonnet 2025)

My mainstream work don't depend on the
internet, I need the net mainly for music.
Music is companion to my writing,
while I write independent of the internet.

I once spent weeks without internet and
electricity, but that didn't stop my writing.
Sure, internet is crucial to release my work,
but I could just leave behind mountains of
unpublished work in future generations' keeping.

Even my spanish and turkish writings
won't cease in the absence of the internet.
I could easily just leave behind piles of
unpublished work in broken turkish and spanish.

I don't do drugs, drink or binge, but I do need
music, which is why I pay for youtube premium.
Apes may be impotent without ideas from internet,
I am my own gateway to endless enlightenment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Selma to Montgomery,
from river to the sea,
we stand guard,
All Awake to Humanity!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“There is no White DNA, Black DNA.
There is no Muslim DNA, Jewish DNA.
We're made of stuff of the stars,
why do you still rot in the jungle gutter!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“All prejudice comes with a flag, all discrimination comes with a badge.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“If left to tradition, every mind
is a septic tank of superstition.
But nourish it with heart and reason,
and mind is sanctuary of illumination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“If you must wave, wave the flag of those
who are stripped of their life and dignity.
Wave the rainbow, wave the watermelon -
lift up those thrown in manufactured obscurity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Neurovision (Sonnet)

Mind is one big lie,
unless you examine everything.
Life is one big blind spot,
unless you question everything.

All prejudice comes with a flag,
all discrimination comes with a badge.
Nothing civilized in waving the flag,
real honor is to outgrow archaic trash.

If you must wave, wave the flag of those
who are stripped of their life and dignity.
Wave the rainbow, wave the watermelon -
lift up those thrown in manufactured obscurity.

If left to tradition, every mind
is a septic tank of superstition.
But nourish it with heart and reason,
and mind is sanctuary of illumination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Generative AI is the biggest cybercrime since the invention of the internet. Imagine stealing creative works from everyone, then setting up your own pirated industry!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Technology is inevitable, AI is inevitable - first it's basic algorithm, now it's Generative AI, later it's AI agents, afterwards, physical AI. And we can do nothing about it, what we can do is, make sure that the step-up for AI is not a step-down for humans - we gotta make sure that as machines are upgraded from lifeless devices to automatons with pretend-sentience, human mind isn't downgraded to obsolescence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“I don't follow humanism, humanism follows me.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“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.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Let there be gods - not one, not three, but billions upon billions - let each human be a god unto themselves - without fear, without prejudice - without superstition, without cynicism - let each mind rise triumphant over malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“I Am The Naskar (Sonnet 2100)

I am the Naskar,
and I bridge people.

Unlike religious salesmen,
I don't offer you a promised land -
because there is nothing to promise,
that land of love and life already exists -

it exists in your neurons - all you need to do is,
bring down the walls that keep you foreign,
all you need to do is, denounce the pills
that keep you alien in your own home.

And when I've drawn all my mortal breaths,
I'll take leave with one final declaration -
let there be gods - not one, not three,
but billions upon billions -

let each human be a god unto themselves -
without fear, without prejudice -
without superstition, without cynicism -
let each mind rise triumphant over malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience