Abhijit Naskar
Writer
Abhijit Naskar is an Indian author and public speaker whose writing addresses neuroscience, social ethics, and global humanism.
Quotes by Abhijit Naskar
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Nourish your reasoning skills my friend, they are the most effective tool you can ever have in the path of progress.
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Each day I wake up with a naive perspective of life and universe, and walk towards understanding a little more about the true nature of human perception with all its vivacious nuances and behavioral expressions.
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Biological instincts are the key to understanding how every single human being is wired. The marvelous interplay of various brain circuits creates our instinctual reality of the daily life. If you're conscious about the fact that there lies a complex yet vividly beautiful brain circuit mechanism behind every single impulse of your daily emotions, then you can choose how to react upon each of those impulses. You can thus program your behavioral response in a certain situation.
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Each person you meet influences your mental universe in a way that has the potential to make a substantial impact upon the causality of the intellectual development of an entire species.
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The book from which to learn religion, is your own mind.
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The purpose of my work is not to educate people, rather it is to enrich human life with self-awareness.
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Your religion is whatever makes you a better human being.
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Healthy brains create a healthy society.
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scientifically speaking - you cannot. Accept it. You simply cannot make any nation completely corruption-free. It is only an absurd fairytale. It feels good to talk about it, but it cannot be made a reality.
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A cricketer who hits a century in one match may score zero in the next, if he does not have the same outfit, shoes and bat that he used in the first match. In fact, many sportsmen keep some kind of talisman in their pocket that acts as a lucky charm for their game. Here the talisman or the outfit doesn't possess any magical power that helps the player to perform better. But it is their own subconscious reliance on the charm, that makes them give their best.
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Harmony is not a luxury, it is an existential necessity of the species. And to achieve it, if a hundred Bibles have to be sacrificed, then be it. But for no Bible, Quran or Gita, can harmony be compromised.
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Do not let the evil become our masters, but make the good reign upon the world.
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Truth doesn't pay homage to creeds. Creeds must adjust themselves to be compatible with the truth.
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The society terms the varied paths of achieving the divine bliss as religion.
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Teach the children compassion and empathy, for all creatures are born selfish.
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Modern humans are taught from the childhood that they are weak and sinners. Teach them that they are embodiment of glory and children of immortal strength. Eventually a society full of bravehearts will rise.
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Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay forever.
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Human making is our mission, but if you break the very soul of the would-be humans, then there will be no human to raise.
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Never put a single thought of weakness in the flourishing minds of the children. Fill them up with vigour and compassion, for their character will define the future of the entire human species.
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Force your kids to pursue success and they shall be drowned into the abyss of characterlessness, but let them pursue excellence and they shall rise as glorious Gods.
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