Genius Thinkers Quotes

“A genius in the wrong position could look like a fool.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“Never underestimate the power of thought; it is the greatest path to discovery.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“The highest wisdom is sometimes found in the lowest people.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is often said that Freddie Mercury is "one of the best" showmen in history. To me, he is THE best. Why? Two reasons - he wrote what is generally-considered the greatest song of all-time (Bohemian Rhapsody) AND gave the greatest live performance ever (Live Aid). To do one of those things is extremely difficult, to do both is a genius-level achievement.”
― Stewart Stafford

“People often miss out on human genius because they're trying to be more perfect than the gods.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Being brave is not the absence of fear; it's the involuntary response of will.”
― Jon Luvelli

“Words come to me like equations came to Ramanujan and music came to Mozart.”
― Abhijit Naskar, I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted

“Writers have limits, I don't, I am not a writer. I am a dimension immeasurable - siphon all you want, I won't run dry.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“When I am fully immersed in my work of nourishing humanity, it fills my head with all kinds of feel-good chemicals, such as endorphins, serotonin and dopamine. Problems occur during the brief intervals between the finishing of one work and the beginning of another. During these intervals, my biology starts to get filled with stress hormones cortisol and adrenalin, that worsens my OCD. That is why, I can’t sit still even a day after I finish writing a book. Because if I do, my OCD begins to suffocate me inside my head. Hence, as soon as I deliver a work, I have to start working on my next scientific literature.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance

“Years of practice in mathematics hardwires a person's brain for subconscious solving of mathematical problems - this is how Srinivasa Ramanujan came up with most of his discoveries in mathematics. Years of practice in the study of human behavior hardwires a person's brain for the subconscious solving of the puzzle of human nature - this is how I come up with many of my insights on human cognition and behavior. There is no magic or supernatural intervention involved here. It’s just that, when you foster a forte in a specific activity, your brain keeps working on it, beneath the surface of your conscious awareness, even if you are consciously engaged in other activities or even if you are asleep.”
― Abhijit Naskar, All For Acceptance

“Show me a mediocre student with a lot of questions, I'll show you a genius - show me a smart student with a lot of answers, I'll show you second-hand human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent

“The work of a genius must be opposite himself in that it must retain some capacity of being understood.”
― Criss Jami

“Just like Ramanujan used to have visions of numbers, I have visions of words, that too, in the most socially relevant manner possible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Genius By The Dozen (A Sonnet)

Given the resources, I can build any technology,
Unlike some people, I do not need to hire genius.
Yet I gave up my obsession of electronics, because,
Building rockets is easy, building society not so much.
Not everybody is born with a silver spoon in mouth,
Rest of us have to choose among bread, dreams and tears.
But don't assume that I am whining about a misfortune,
Because, a reformer is worth a hundred entrepreneurs.
Rocket science is child's play for even a fisherman's son,
Cognitive Science is common sense for a laborer's child.
Yet you boast about a bunch of counterfeit geniuses whose,
Greatest power is that they are born with a golden hide.
If you seek true genius, lend a hand to developing nations.
And they'll give you Gates, Musks and Byrons by the dozens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“I have no control over my words, including the titles. Every time a title appears in my mind it sends a chill down my spine. The entire body shakes up in momentary tremor followed by the rush of an immense tranquility. And that's it! Right or not, that is the title.

The same happens whenever I come up with a radical statement. Just like Ramanujan used to have visions of numbers, I have visions of words, that too, in the most socially relevant manner possible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Martyr for Humanity (The Sonnet)

I am not a writer, I am an anomaly,
For writers run empty after a few works.
I lost count of mine a long time ago,
Yet I keep imploding with no sign of cork.
My brain keeps making appointments,
That my body can't keep without crashing.
I am not finished with one work,
And lo, another one starts pouring!
Someone, please calm my brain!
The torture grows excruciating by the minute!
Any day now hopefully an artery will blow,
Then I shall finally have my eternal rest.
Once I am gone, don't go making a cult out of me.
I shall be alive, so long as there is one human
standing ready to be martyred for humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Genius & Conspiracy (The Sonnet)

Wherever there is extraordinary genius,
There are extraordinary conspiracy theories.
Because the human mind cannot distinguish,
Supernatural mysticism from natural mysteries.
Wherever there is exceptional talent,
There is talk of divine intervention.
Because the mind cannot fathom excellence,
Without involving some good old mystification.
We may tolerate some conspiracies that are innocent,
But those that do harm are human rights violation.
If we can't use it when we need to use it the most,
What's the point in carrying around a lofty brain!
There are times when reason must take a back seat,
Then there're times, ignorance mustn't be given heed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Poetry Writes The Poet (The Sonnet)

The best poets are the ones,
Who don't know how to write poetry.
Just like the best scientists are those,
Who practice science as everyday curiosity.
The more you focus on the definition,
The more you lose touch with the essence.
That is why I never know what my work is about,
To explain love is to lose love's fragrance.
Painting of a landscape is not the landscape itself,
Depiction must never be confused with the depicted.
I don't know how to do small talk, hence the sonnets.
Poet doesn't write poetry, poetry writes the poet.
The moment I think I am in control, I lose all control.
Craving no control, the river just nourishes the soul.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Poet doesn't write poetry, poetry writes the poet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“I am not a writer, I am an anomaly.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“I am not gifted,
I am just undivided.
I am just a plain human,
who outgrew divisiveness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“But, please, I beg of you,
Don't turn me into yet another
spiritual guru imported from the East.
Don't be a second-hand Naskar -
Expand to such an extent,
that even Naskar turns obsolete.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Ben seni rahat etmeye gelmedim,
Ben seni berbat etmeye geldim.
I have come to destroy every
last trace of the prehistoric you,
so that a new human can usher
into a new world - a kind world,
a curious world, a human world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Vagabond Poet
(Sonnet 1044)

No matter how much
they plagiarize my work,
I won't say a word to condemn.
No matter how much they
monetize solar energy,
you never hear the sun complain!

It's okay that limited minds
got to care about such matter.
What does the ocean care about
a few buckets of stolen water!

I am infinite, I am unbound -
Come, steal all I've got,
strip me of all my legacy!
I started out as a vagabond,
I'll gladly perish in vagabondcy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“I get visions of words,
But it ain't nothing supernatural.
It's just a natural expression,
of divergently wired circuits neural.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Naskar is made by Naskar alone, not an industry or benefactor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“You know why I write books? Because it is the one thing about the outcome of which I don't give a damn. I don't care if they gather dust, I don't care if they don't sell. In fact, among my hundred plus works, there are a few that have sold barely ten copies. Yet, am I bothered! Nope!

I don't write to sell books, I write because my mind teeters on the edge of psychosis if I spend a single day without writing. Sure, the ultimate mission behind my legacy is the construction of a humane world, but if you get down to the actual morale of the moment - the only recompense I get out of it all, is the felicity of putting my fervor on paper - thus immortalizing them for eons to come. That's how this one life could produce such an impossibly inexhaustible amount of literature in the first place - because I dream my ideas, breathe my ideas, and live my ideas. Better a lesser read genius, than a misread genius. Or to put it plainer still - I am not a writer, I am an anomaly - for better or for worse, I am an anomaly.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Genius is outcome of a mind broken.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“There are cracks across my heart,
nothing can bar the pouring rays.
Light is but suffering harnessed,
Genius is brokenness harnessed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“If you hide your genius, or misuse your genius, or do not use your genius to reveal other geniuses, you are betraying humanity!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan