Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas
45 quotes
"Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative."
"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."
"Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want."
"A being with no faith in the human self is a being with no spirit of life, regardless of how many Fathers or Holy Spirits or Sons it believes in."
"Once you die, that’s it – game over."
"Once you die, that’s it – game over. Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."
"Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."
"every single explanation that your brain concocts about a certain phenomenon on earth, is merely a virtual hunch of the neurons. Now, when your brain has access to more information, the resulting hunch would be more accurate, than another person who has less access."
"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."
"It is better to be foolish than a dilettante."
"It is always, first Self, then everything else."
"The world needs gigantic strong wills in front of which even the mountains will be crumbled."
"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!"
"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."
"What I want from you comrade, what the world wants from you, O dearest, are the neurons of steel, within which dwells a mind of the same material of which the thunderbolt is made."
"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."
"I – the eternal idea of oneness, have said this before – and now in the century 21st, say once again - 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!"
"Human you are, and your religion, Humanism."
"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”."
"No God, Religion, Race or Nation is higher than the humans."
"Life is a natural phenomenon – and by mystifying it, one only disgraces its natural beauty."
"Denial of the Self accomplishes nothing."
"Every single phenomenon in the world, has a physical explanation underneath it. Finding the explanation depends on how far you are willing to go."
"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."
"Mysticism and supernaturalism are the descendants of ignorance and fear."