Amantes Assemble Quotes

“There is no growth without discomfort.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Amantes Assemble Sonnet 51

Education alone won't change anything,
First we gotta rid education of all archaism.
Rather than being a tool of indoctrination,
Education oughta be a force of undoctrination.
Education ought to be secular,
Education ought to be nonsectarian.
Sectarianism that passes as education,
Is the very antithesis of education.
Scriptures can be a part of education,
But they mustn't be the basis of education.
Cultures can be a part of education,
But they mustn't be the basis of education.
Any force that claims to liberate the mind,
Must first liberate itself from all divide.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Sonnet of Human Resources

There is no blue collar, no white collar, just honor.
And honor is defined by character not collar.
There is no CEO, no janitor, just people.
Person's worth lies, not in background, but behavior.
Designation is reference to expertise, not existence.
Respect is earned through rightful action, not label.
Designation without humanity is resignation of humanity,
For all labels without love cause nothing but trouble.
The term human resources is a violation of human rights.
For it designates people as possession of a company.
Computers are resources, staplers are resources, but people,
Aren't resources, but the soul of all company and society.
I'm not saying, you oughta rephrase it all in a civilized way.
But at the very least, it's high time with hierarchy we do away.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Let me tell you as a brain scientist and a computer engineering dropout - transhumanism is to brain computer interface, what nuclear weapons are to nuclear physics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Errors and Evolution (The Sonnet)

Elimination of error is elimination of evolution,
What's needed is correction of error not elimination.
Why you ask - because error expands perception,
While absence of error indicates absence of ascension.
Pebbles don't make mistakes, for pebbles have no life.
People make mistakes, for people are alive and kicking.
Make the error, mend the error, that is how we grow.
Don't be ashamed, don't be boastful, just keep correcting.
Those who never make mistakes, never amount to anything,
Failures are the foundation of a legend's legacy.
Let them celebrate your triumphs all they want,
You for one celebrate your mistakes and misery.
The shallow measure a person by their glorious victories.
Those with character measure a character by their tragedies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“When someone commits an injustice in front of you,
Ask them 3 times nicely to make amends.
If they still carry on like prehistoric pricks,
It's time for you to take charge as their parents.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Amidst cruelty arrogance has its role, but you gotta tread with extreme caution. Arrogance laid on the wrong person is an appalling human rights violation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Real men are attracted to strong women, while shallow men want sheep for a woman.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Where there is control there is no life. Control repulses all love and light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Transhumanism is Terrorism (The Sonnet)

Intelligence comes easy, accountability not so much,
Yet intelligence is complex, accountability is simple.
Technology comes easy, transformation not so much,
Yet technology is complicated, transformation is simple.
In olden days there were just nutters of fundamentalism,
Today there are nutters of nationalism and transhumanism.
Some are obsessed with land, others with digital avatars,
While humanity battles age-old crises like starvationism.
When too much logic, coldness and pomposity set in,
Common sense humanity goes out of the window.
Once upon a time religion was the opium of all people,
Today transhumanism and singularity are opium of the shallow.
To replace the sky god with a computer god isn't advancement.
Real advancement is when nobody suffers from scarcity of sustenance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Transhumanism is terrorism, for it is the very antithesis of life. Wasting precious resources on a pompous, narcissistic and megalomaniacal dream of extending life through cold, mechanical means, instead of helping to improve genuine human condition, transhumanists act as modern day terrorists who desecrate the very spirit of life and liberty without ever being held accountable. Let me tell you as a brain scientist and a computer engineering dropout - transhumanism is to brain computer interface, what nuclear weapons are to nuclear physics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“So long as the precise letters of the law are more important than justice, there'll only be the illusion of order, but no justice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Outside The Museum (The Sonnet)

Enough with, patria o muerte*!
Enough with, god save the queen!
Enough with, heil hitler!
Enough with, o say can you see!
Bronze age beings yell about national glory,
Stone age beings yell about religious glory.
Electric beings got no time for such make-believe,
On their shoulders walks the present of humanity.
There is no earth till all roots combine,
Till we crave for each other all roots are chains.
Museums add perspective on the direction of life,
But to spend a life in museum is life lost in vain.
Enough with vande mataram**,
it's time for vasudhaiva kutumbakam***.
To hell with nation, culture and tradition,
civilization awaits outside the museum.


(*homeland or death, *hail the motherland, ***world is family)”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Be the glee to those in gloom,
Be gentle amidst the genteel.
Be the brave amongst the blue,
Be the knight amidst them who kneel.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Beauty captures the eye, behavior captures the soul.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Messiahs don't drop from the sky,
As mortal suffering jumps the fence.
A messiah is just a mortal,
Minus all the indifference.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Death with character has dignity, without it, every breath is burden.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Real men feel reassured when women take charge, while pipsqueaks feel emasculated by the very thought.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“One small step towards a language is one giant leap towards inclusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Sonnet of Languages

Turkish is the language of love,
Spanish is the language of revolution.
Swedish is the language of resilience,
English is the language of translation.
Portuguese is the language of adventure,
German is the language of discipline.
French is the language of passion,
Italian is the language of cuisine.
With over 7000 languages in the world,
Handful of tongues fall short in a sonnet.
But you can rest assured of one thing,
Every language does something the very best.
Each language is profoundly unique in its own way.
When they come together, they light the human way.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“The less devices you have to charge, the more charge you have for your mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Wounds ain't obstruction, wounds are wind for the sails of your lifeboat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“It's more important to be kind than important.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Revolution starts with inconvenient accountability.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Fantasy is healthy when practiced with moderation. Too much fiction paralyzes responsibility and reason.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Puny minds make puny-verse, uni-minds make uni-verse.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Each of us is a chunk of uranium, extremely unstable, but extremely potent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Holy Trinity (The Sonnet)

Civilization is founded on 3 pillars,
Conscience, courage and compassion.
Without these three there is no society,
Only a prehistoric mockery of civilization.
When all three come together, lo and behold,
Here rises the holy trinity - the holy trident!
You can use it to plough the land of creation,
Or use it to devour the divisions most obstinate.
Wasting precious lifeforce chanting like a parrot,
Do not go chasing fiction out in the wilderness.
Wipe the rust off your heart that causes all the drag,
And you my friend, shall be the incorruptible trident.
However, in reality, there are no three, but only one.
The spirit of love and oneness is beyond time and form.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Until the entire earth is one nation, there is no earth, there is no ascension. Until all earthlings are one family, there is no life, there is no liberation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“The spirit of love and oneness is beyond time and form.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans