Scientist Poet Quotes

“I Am My Teacher (Sonnet 1234)

I teach myself when I need to learn something,
I correct myself when I make mistakes.
No two year old shaped as 40, 50, 60 or 70,
Has the maturity to provide me moral guidance.

I taught myself electronics when I fell for it,
I taught myself music in my youthful high.
I taught myself languages in sheer obsession,
I taught myself aeronautics when I wanted to fly.

Critics mail, I should add "biggest ego" to my bio,
I thank them all for an astounding revelation.
If I actually behaved befitting my capacity,
Half your legends will lose their reputation.

You only see the tip of the ice-berg,
Fullness of the Himalayas you'll never see.
I chose to put many of my passions aside,
One path, one mission - one answer to calamity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Poetry is the mightiest vessel for philosophy,
Poetry is the mightiest vessel for science.
Though I started out with prose,
I went through the poetic morph.
Now all my science is poetry,
all my poetry is philosophy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“When science, poetry and polyglottery come together, that's the beginning of a paradigm bending revolution.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Visvavictor Sonnet

I am not a poet,
I am a paradigm.
I am no religionist,
But the source divine.
More than a scientist,
I'm a compass to science.
I am not a philosopher,
But a purposeful alliance.
I am not some legal giant,
But a valley of lawless order.
Transcending Sieg Heil and Star Spangled Banner,
I am the Visva (world), I am the Victor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Rowdy Scientist Sonnet

Science is neither boastful nor bashful,
Science stands dutybound, forever mindful.
Science gives the final answer as a ray of hope,
With all avenues exhausted to the last granule.

Science is neither defensive nor offensive,
Science can't afford such primitive prerogative.
Transcending binary norms science acts whole,
Defying the comfort of all corrosive narrative.

Science is slave to none, science enslaves none,
Science blooms from reason, endorsing curiosity.
But don't ever confuse curiosity with cynicism,
Curiosity brings understanding, cynicism apathy.

Average scientists seek answers,
Great scientist seeks questions.
Submissive scientists chase solutions,
I'm a Rowdy Scientist, give me problems!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Brain is the best laboratory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“I taught myself electronics when I fell for it,
I taught myself music in my youthful high.
I taught myself languages in sheer obsession,
I taught myself aeronautics when I wanted to fly.

You only see the tip of the ice-berg,
Fullness of the Himalayas you'll never see.
I chose to put many of my passions aside,
One path, one mission - one answer to calamity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Brain used to lift the world,
is the only human brain.
All else is mindless protoplasm,
ever-consumed with greed and gain.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“In poetry I am sufi,
In philosophy I am advaitin.
In duty I am scientist,
In existence I am human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“My divinity is not rooted
in god or scripture,
my divinity is rooted
in human welfare.

My science is not rooted
in cold logic venture,
my science is rooted
in human welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“My science is not rooted in cold logic venture, my science is rooted in human welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“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.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“I don't write to sell books,
I write because my mind succumbs
to psychosis, if I don't write.
I don't write to sell books,
I write because I fall to pieces, even
at the thought of not being able to write.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“My life is the best book I've written,
Rest are just spoils of my pilgrimage.
Embark as explorer transcending words,
Service to the world is truest of homage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“My life is the best book I've written, rest are just spoils of my pilgrimage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Don't memorize, live my sonnets.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator