The Shape of A Human Quotes

“Leeches live by guns, legends live by ideas.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Anybody who endorses division over unity is a terrorist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“America was built by refugees, and as such, if this land can't be a refuge for the subjugated and persecuted, then it is an insult on our very existence as the great land of the free and brave.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Prejudice is grounded on sentiments, that's where reason must intervene, and coldness is grounded on logic, that's where warmth must prevail.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Real rest comes through humility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Starve your rigidity and feed your morality.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Leeches live by guns, legends live by ideas.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“With indifference people are continuously breeding a society full of disparity – they are constantly aiding the creation of more inequality. We are constantly making way for a world where some parents give their kids x-box to soothe them, for their birthday, and many more parents are forced to use leftover cardboard boxes as cradle for their babies because they don't even have a roof over their head. This is our so called civilization - this is our so called modern humanity - shame on us - shame on us as a species - shame on us as civilized beings - shame on us as thinking and breathing individuals of conscience. No more - no more - we must break this disparity - and we must do it right now - and we are not going to do it by fighting over whose ideology is the best - we are going to do it only by taking actual responsibility of our society - by taking actual responsibility of the world - we are going to do it by acting as a living cure for those disparities, by using our own resources as means to erase those gaps however we can. Only with action born from our heart can we end disparity, not with talks of argument and inaction of complacency.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Law enforcement exists to ensure the safety of the public, but if the public are primitive enough to think that all they need to ensure their safety is a personal firearm, then we better destroy all things civilized and head back to the jungle, because a society where anybody can own a gun is not a society, but a jungle anyways.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Those who are arrogant about their pedigree, about their culture, about their intellect, I have no business with them, give me the humble janitor, give me the illiterate construction worker, give me the dropout waitress - the humble soul will find me in their own heart, but the arrogant will argue their whole life and never understand what I am all about, what humanity is all about - it's about community, it's about listening, it's about letting go of one's self-obsessed identity to become one with humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Çocuklarınız benim ailem. Geleceklerini hayatımla koruyacağım.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Hayatım boyunca üç şey için savaştım - toplumum, insanlığım, gezegenim.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Your children are my family, with my last breath I will fortify their destiny.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Why America Exists

When oppression became unbearable, America was born - when discrimination turned extreme, America was born - when rigidity became intolerable, America was born. America was born of an unbending desire for freedom - America was born of a drive for self-correction - America was born of an urge for progression.

Yes we did many mistakes in the process, even committed horrible atrocities - we drove people off their lands to build a new world for our children - and nothing that we can do today can mend those atrocities of yesterday, but what we can do is to make a promise to ourselves to never repeat those atrocities of our ancestors no more.

It's time we become the new Americans - Americans with more accountability than recklessness - Americans with more curiosity than rigidity - Americans with more acceptability than prejudice - Americans with more inclusivity than discrimination.

There is no our America and their America, there's only one America - the United States of America. You see, ours is not just the United States of America, ours is the United States of Assimilation. And we must practice this principle to the letter and spirit everyday of our lives.

For example, we of all people cannot in right mind deny shelter to those seeking refuge, especially when we are both sociologically and economically capable of doing so. Whoever comes to these shores of liberty, in the hope of life, freedom and happiness, automatically becomes an American, by measure of the same determination and will that made our founding fathers set foot on Plymouth Rock escaping British bigotry, snobbery and barbarism.

Our very country is founded by immigrants. America was built by refugees, and as such, if this land can't be a refuge for the subjugated and persecuted, then it is an insult on our very existence as the great land of the free and brave.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Child of Earth (The Sonnet)

Walk, walk, walk ahead,
O brave child of earth.
Let no fear shackle your feet,
Selflessness paves all path.
Meditate on unity,
Dedicate to inclusion.
Educate your soul,
Be free from self-absorption.
Forget gender, religion and ideology,
Abolish all chains of tribalism.
Place people at your heart's altar,
One dream, one mission – universalism.
Shallow and separated we can stay no more.
We must break ourselves to let light outpour.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Biz Kimiz? Toprakların sevgilisiyiz. Biz Kimiz? Toprakların çocuklarıyız. Biz Kimiz? Toprakların askerleriyiz.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Healers Don’t Exist (The Sonnet)

Healers don't exist,
Only humans do.
Once you step outside the self,
You'll see the world anew.
Gods don't exist,
Only goodness does.
Prayers may soothe your soul,
Action is what change requires.
Psychics don't exist,
But sanctity is everywhere.
Once you stop conning your soul,
The bridge ahead will vividly appear.
When the heart awakens from superstition,
Everybody will be hometown human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“The New American Sonnet

America doesn't mean the best,
America means accountability.
America doesn't mean supremacy,
America means responsible liberty.
America doesn't mean flawless,
America means growing against oddity.
America doesn't mean condescension,
America means caring for all humanity.
America doesn't mean white or color,
America means celebration of diversity.
America doesn't mean red or blue,
America means together crossing rigidity.
Stars and stripes have no place for hate.
Our heart is human, it's humanity we celebrate.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“America doesn't mean white or color, America means celebration of diversity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“The need of the hour is self-expansion, not self-absorption.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Together we are alive and beautiful, divided we are dead and rotten.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“I envision a valley, beyond red and blue, beyond flags and barbwires, beyond capitols and churches, where our descendants will sit together around a campfire and tell each other stories of the olden days - "remember when our ancestors used to live in tribes - they called it religion, nation, race and all that - how silly right!" I work towards that future.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“You will not know me as the father of a nation, you will know me as a founder of the united earth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Only when we stand unafraid to bleed all over our being with a genuine, unconflicted, uncorrupted, unselfish desire for good, will we be the founder of a civilized planet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Lack of change is not a sign of misfortune, it's a sign of inaction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“When the human is ready, civilization will appear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Desire beyond necessity is the cause of all disparities.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“What is inside, is also outside,”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Owning a gun doesn't increase civilian security, it only threatens it, thus making it far more difficult for law enforcement to ensure public safety.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“The heart beats the same way, no matter the geography.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America