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“What do you take me for! Brain scientist here! You know what it means? It means I know your deepest fantasies as well as your darkest secrets - it means I know more about you than you know about yourself. Yet have I ever belittled you? Never! You know why? Because, by knowing the worst in you I came to now the best in you. Know your worst my friend - for once you conquer your worst you'll automatically manifest your best.”

“No God, Only Goodness (The Sonnet) Kingdom of God is manifestation, Of a nonsectarian mind. It means conquering our biases, It means conquering all drives of divide. True goodness is devoid of division, For division is antithesis of goodness. Whatever is civilized is nonsectarian, Whoever is human is undivided. There is no heaven, only good human, There is no paradise, only good people. When people and people live as one people, That is a human society, alive and civil. Civility is just a fancy synonym for amity. Divinity is the archaic term for indivisibility.”

“Energy and Ethics (The Sonnet) One AA battery lights up a house with an LED, Or it can be used to set fire to it with a spark. Energy has no ethical polarity, only potential, Ethics of energy lie in the hands of its wielder. Society just needs an excuse to escape the blame, Sometimes they blame science, other times politics. The real problem is none but the society itself, Particularly our age-old selfish histrionics. No society is born human, not yet anyway, It falls on the original humans to make it human. Choose science, faith, politics or civil service, Touch of a human makes medicine even out of poison. Science doesn't define the scientist, scientist defines the science. Hence I'm a servant scientist who uses science for deliverance.”

“Moving from childhood to adulthood - that's not growing up. Moving from selfishness to selflessness - that's growing up. Moving from I to We - that's growing up. Moving from my culture, my country, my religion, to our cultures, our countries, our religions - that's growing up.”

“Pay it Forward Sonnet Say no thanks, instead help another, And tell them to pay it forward. The one tradition this world badly needs, Is that of kindness beyond all reward. The world lacks kindness and compassion, For so far rituals are passed on as tradition. One generation of savage and divided tribals, Makes sure to propagate nothing but division. This very prehistoric tendency must end, We must humanize the very notion of tradition. Let us place all glory on the colors of joy, Let us prioritize kindness over all argumentation. And remember not to mechanize this with ideology. Helping those in need is just plain ordinary humanity.”

“Let them be bonkers for money if they want, let them be bonkers for facts if they want, let them be bonkers for dogmas and traditions if they want. As for you, be bonkers for the uplift of those around you, and for that if you have to compromise your intellect at times, then be it - but never - I repeat, never, ever compromise your humanity for anything in the world.”

“Tools and Fools (The Sonnet) I am a scientist but, I don't care about science. I am a monk but, I don't care about enlightenment. I am a philosopher but, I don't care about philosophy. I am a theologian but, I don't care about theology. I may use a lot of tools, But that's what they are - tools. They are meant to serve society, Not look down on people as fools. When the tool rules, user turns a tool. Human above all else - lo the supreme rule.”

“The God Sonnet I gave you the tablets at Sinai, I drove your chariot at Kurukshetra. I gave you the ayats word by word, I woke up Siddhartha 'n the carpenter. No matter the time, age 'n technology, I always rise to treat the common cold. Amidst a world full of sore coldness, I only need ten vessels absurdly bold. I have nothing to do with perfection, Far from it, I've got plenty to improve. With each new vessel my sight broadens, With each identity my existence renewed. Keeper am I of this terrestrial neighborhood. I am your innermost fire of god and good.”

“Who is Miracle Human (The Sonnet) Who is the miracle human, Can they turn water into wine? Do they never run out of bread, Can they turn cotton into golden twine? None of this is actually miracle, All these are stories of fantasy. When ignorance was default thinking, Magic defined a person's capacity. Real miracle is an act of kindness, Nothing is higher and more divine. When you share happily your last bread, That is holiness most genuine. Rise and conquer all old prejudice and fantasy. Stand firm and foster the miracle humanity.”

“You may be a teacher, you may be a janitor, you may be a waitress, you may be a scientist, preacher or artist –whatever you are, whatever you do, do it for the people – so that those who have nothing, can learn to walk again, smile again, live again, because of you.”