Principia Humanitas Quotes

“Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“The human has not one but two births – first, when a person is born from the mother’s womb, and second, when that person rises from the socio-culturally imposed cocoon of prejudices and ignorance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Character is what the world needs - character that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say “some other time, pal!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“You may turn every house in your neighborhood into a charity center, you may fill the land with soup-kitchens, but the misery of humans will still continue to exist until the character of humanity changes.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Stop groveling, stop whining and start working!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Survive, survive and survive – these are the quintessential laws of Nature. But survive does not always mean being mean.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Humanism is not a pompous philosophy to be talked and debated about by a handful of intellectuals - it is the purest form of moral compass, which defines the civilized heart of thinking humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Think of strength, dream of strength, live of strength.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“It is better to be foolish than a dilettante.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Nourish your reasoning skills my friend, they are the most effective tool you can ever have in the path of progress.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Help anyone who comes to you, as much as lies in your power, not because you are good person, nor because you want to be adored, but because you are a real human – a real human of the civilized society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Mysticism and supernaturalism are the descendants of ignorance and fear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Human you are, and your religion, Humanism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Doctrines, no matter which path of human endeavor they come from, must serve the humans, not the humans serving the doctrines. “Love thy neighbor” - is a great doctrine, but more importantly, it is an unparalleled piece of magnificent human teaching – as such, whoever practices it, becomes a better human, a real human. On the other hand, there is another doctrine that says “God may purify the believers and destroy the disbelievers” – now would you, as a real conscientious human being, consider this one as a great beneficial doctrine or teaching for humanity? Far from being great, doctrines like this are the ones that compel the human society to forget its innate humanism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Forget all the formal decency of tolerance, and simply love your fellow humans. And the Self within you shall attain the highest pedestal of greatness, way higher than all the book-learned preachers in the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“When you don’t have explanation for a certain phenomenon, as a real human, you should suspend judgement, instead of concocting supernatural explanations out of ignorance and primordial fanaticism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“The world needs gigantic strong wills in front of which even the mountains will be crumbled.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“It is always, first Self, then everything else.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Once you die, that’s it – game over.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Life is a natural phenomenon – and by mystifying it, one only disgraces its natural beauty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Your life-blood is humanism. If it flows pure and clear, everything would happen nicely in the world - every defect in the society shall be healed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Humans are not simply higher than Gods, Gods are mere mystical representations of the humans themselves.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Together you are a species that grows in all aspects of life – separated you are a mere speck of dust in vast ocean of space-time capable of nothing progressive.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“I have a little moral trouble with the term “mankind”, as it possesses an innate gender bias, which I cannot approve of, hence, I prefer the term “humanity” over it, and the term “human” over “man”.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative. Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Awake, my friend! Arise, my friend! Start walking my friend! And do not stop until you bring the change you wish to see in your society!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“మానవునికి ఒకటి కాదు రెండు జననాలు - మొదటిడి , తల్లి గర్భం నుండి జన్మించినపుడు, మరియు రెండవది, ఆ వ్యక్తి సాంఘిక-సాంస్కృతిక పరంగా పుట్టిన అసూయలు మరియు అజ్ఞానాంధకారంలో నుండి లేచినప్పుడు.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Come my friend. Come and walk with me in the path ahead that awaits you with open arms – the path of humanism – the path where every pedestrian is simply a human, not a Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, Atheist, Mexican, American, Canadian, British, Australian, Russian, Asian, African, European or anything else.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Self is All. (First Principle of Humanism)”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Fundamentalism of any kind, be it religious, atheistic, political or educational, is the greatest threat to human excellence – it is a threat to progress – it is a threat to greatness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas