Discrimination Quotes

“The successful are not tolerated.”
― Aeschylus, The Ancient Greek Drama Collection: The Plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

“You cannot do the right thing till you know what you've been doing wrong - you cannot be human till you know what's inhuman.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Problem is not belief or disbelief,
Real problem is hate born of division.
Divisionists will divide no matter the excuse,
Stand up, not to differences, but to differentiation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.”
― Chanakya, Chanakya Neeti: The Complete Sutras, A Treatise on the Ideal Way of Life

“Nature sends you as human,
Nature takes you as human.
Yet you spend the entire journey,
chasing fear, myth and delusion!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Intolerance is born of ideological allegiance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Vaccinated with love,
boosted with reason,
mind becomes a powerhouse,
putting an end to all discrimination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Either right or human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“When you blame the failings of a group on a specific characteristic they possess, but dismiss the same characteristic in your own group as irrelevant, you're probably being prejudiced.”
― Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“Live each day of your life,
as proof of love and oneness.
Cause inclusion defying prejudice,
You are the cure for divisiveness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“All said and done, in our headstrong struggle for inclusion, we mustn't also underestimate everything we have achieved so far as a species. As a matter of fact, we've come a long way since our tribal days of division and discrimination. Let me show you how. World's most beloved poet, Mevlana Rumi, was a muslim - world's icon of civil rights, MLK, was a black person - world's greatest inspiration of science, Albert Einstein, was a German Jew - and most recently, as of 2023, PM of UK and VP of US, both are of Indian origin.

So don't tell me, we've achieved nothing - don't tell me, there is no hope for integration! Integration is happening all over the world, despite the ancient impediments of intolerance and hate. Therefore, the question is not whether integration is possible - real question is, are you a part of that integration, or aren't you! Our home is planet earth - and here on earth, we all cry the same pain, smile the same joy, and live the same love.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Here on earth, we all cry the same pain, smile the same joy, and live the same love.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Biasproof your brain,
Bulletproof your backbone,
Hateproof your heart.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“My ethnicity is empathy,
My race is reform,
My nationality is oneness,
My name is human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“This incident has often been debated by scholars. On one hand, it is believed to be an evocative reminder and allegory of discrimination and the violation of both human and animal rights. On the other hand, it is believed to allude to extremism and the blatant glorification of reverse discrimination. Beyond these controversies, though, it is best to conclude that one’s desire for equality and justice should never be demolished like the car was, but it should also never be replaced with desires to seek superiority and oppression. This story hence represents the apes’ fight and flaw.”
― Lucy Carter, For the Intellect

“Peace begins at the end of prejudice,
Mind begins at the end of malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“To find the globe in oneself is not globalism,
To find society in oneself is not socialism.
It is just a human behaving human,
coming forward past chimply division,
not afraid to chance the snare of barbarism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Tant que nous ne sommes pas tous libres, aucun de nous n’est libre.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Color doesn't define character, conduct does.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“When fear reigns sanity supreme,
prejudice deemed consciousness,
all breath becomes futile air,
all heart is rendered pulseless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“If origin defines race, then we are all Africans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism

“Culture supreme is inclusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Racism wont end. When the elders or parents lie to their children about other races to extend the hate.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Each heart is a shelter for another,
Each life is sanctuary for another.
Blasting all traditions of divide
into cinders with knowledge-dynamite,
we shall emerge as each other's keeper.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Housing owner associations need to put aside long-held discriminatory attitudes and concentrate on ensuring that persons with disabilities have equal opportunities to engage in all aspects of community life.”
― Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Understanding Accessibility

“You can train a mind to think, but you can't train a heart to love. Either you love or you don't, there's no training. Either you love or you don't, there's no thinking. Nobody thinks twice before hating, then why should you think twice before loving! Until love becomes instinctive as hate, nothing will change.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Until love becomes instinctive as hate, nothing will change.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“So long as there is exclusivity,
You can never emerge a human being.
Abandon divide, adopt but life;
Contain the world in your chest as kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Instincts of today evolved from
yesterday’s jungle life,
Tomorrow's instincts will rise
from today’s human life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“The Dark Cloud
Is the degradation minorities face because they want to be a dreamer and a doer
Is the sculpted destiny of someone who was born poor
Is the suffocating feeling you get when you are told to shut up
Is the tragic life story of a sick child who has cancer and who can’t even hold a cup”
― Aida Mandic, The Dark Cloud