Abhijit Naskar, We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
30 quotes
"Know thy self, and the world will be thy oyster!"
"Work, Work and work, until you either succeed in your mission, or you die!"
"Don’t be fearless, but tame your fears, and stop at nothing."
"The real battle is within yourself."
"All great achievements are attained through mighty obstacles."
"The same Sermon on the Mount that influenced Tolstoy to write “The Kingdom of God is Within You”, inspired me to a great extent in my work “Principia Humanitas”."
"The world needs something from you, my friend. It needs the heart that is deep as the ocean and infinite as the outer-space. Can you provide that my friend! Can you make your will so large and your conscience so sharp that in front of which, a thousand Everests and a thousand Kilimanjaros would bow!"
"The human heart is first a human heart, then everything else - American, Christian, Asian, Jew, or whatever."
"There is only one label worth fighting for, nay, not fighting for, that is “human”."
"Be pure, live a conscientious life, defend your dignity and be loving to others."
"If poverty defines greatness, then become the poorest person on earth, in terms of weakness and bigotry. And if wealth defines glory, then become the wealthiest person on earth, in terms of courage, confidence and reasoning."
"No Lord Almighty created the humans out of personal will. Creationism is simply a myth created by the weak and ignorant humans out of a psychological need to have a sense of eternal security."
"Sacrifice everything that is yours, to call up the humans in others."
"O my mighty sisters and brothers, forget not that the ideal of humanity is the search of truth. In this pursuit, countless souls have sacrificed themselves in the past. And in this pursuit, countless more shall need to sacrifice themselves."
"Arise O lion-heart! Awake, O great soldier! Misery has come upon the world. It is wailing for help. It is wailing for redemption. Won’t you do anything, my friend!"
"You may be James the American, or Mary the British, or anything else, but before all that, you are a human."
"The only classification to be made out of humans should be based on character and nothing but the character."
"Only fools neglect the living God – the Human Self, while running after imaginary shadows."
"One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior."
"Good and evil are both fundamental features of the human mind."
"Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely free from all biases, nevertheless, the more a person rigorously trains the self to be rational and conscientious, the more that self becomes strong enough to keep the biases in check, never to let them run rampant over the psyche."
"The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal needs."
"Morally it may be better to not kill any creature for their flesh, but biologically, meat was one of the greatest factors involved in the rise of the psychology of thinking humanity."
"Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction."
"Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds."