Browse 196 quotes about Cultural Integration.
“Call it Neuroscience, call it theology,
call it Sufism, sociology, or Advaita -
I am the ocean that permeates all rivers,
call it sonnet or call it Naskaristana.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“Tierra Carta (Charter of Earth, S2498)
Nationality and religion are like blood groups,
it has no relation to human capacity and character,
despite the superstitions and conspiracy theories;
morons are found in every corner of the world,
just like mavericks are found in every corner.
The only difference between blood groups
and nationality is that, blood groups are
a fundamental factor of medical treatment,
whereas nationality and religion are
fleeting vestiges of an adolescent species.
I opened my eyes and couldn't find a single precedent
of post-national, post-religion, post-lingual,
post-cultural existence, so I became the precedent.
My roots go deep down to the core of earth,
spread across the bones and marrow of the human race.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“Larger than tribe, larger than time, I am Detonation of The First Multicultural Civilization.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“Lack of inclusivity in society is not a bug, it's a feature of western eurocentric education.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“You don’t enter a culture, you disappear into it, be annihilated for others, and you come to life.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“There's divinity in diversity.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“I'll never force you to be inclusive,
if you do harm, I'll restrain you,
but I'll never resort to weapons -
moreover, I'll never kill for inclusion,
I'll simply beg, on my knees,
I'll beg till I drop dead -
because I have nothing to lose,
no reputation, no image, no class.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“Every culture is my culture, every country is my country.”
Source: Lives to Serve Before I Sleep
“My existence is testament to assimilation, proof of the wonders beyond exclusivity.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“I’m sorry, I cannot live a single cultural, single lingual, single scriptural existence. I want all the cultures and languages, I want all the scriptures and sciences.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“Every community is my home.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“Carrying cosmos in my chest, every community is my home.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“From Ape to Human (The Sonnet)
To label a spirit is to cripple a spirit,
What we call cultural imprints are prison.
Society of such culture is no human society,
but merely an overglorified animal kingdom.
Sure, the culture we're born in are part of us,
But it must never take over human identity.
That's how heritage facilitates bias-n-hate,
And culture becomes excuse for inhumanity.
Call it advaita, nirvana or humanity,
the purpose is to surpass all divide.
Anything that distances mind from mind,
must never be defended as cultural pride.
Mission is, not to remove cultural imprints,
But to be civilized enough to surpass them.
Only then can we be the bridge of benevolence,
Only then the glorified ape shall emerge as human.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Naskar nation - integration.
Naskar reason - assimilation.
Naskar vision - invigoration.
Naskar mission - unification.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“My legacy does not represent the achievement of any one culture, my legacy represents the capacity of the entire humankind.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Any ape can boast about their culture, I'll die roaring for every culture on earth, except my own.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“I don't need to write in all these languages of the world - those who care, will find a way. I write in more than one language because I want to. I want to leave at least something extremely personal for every culture in the world - that is, for as many cultures as I humanly can.
However in the end, the universal spirit of love, light and oneness transcends language and culture, and finds a home in the heart of every conscientious human being - and that's what counts. It's the bridge that counts, not the shape it comes in.”
Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
“When I crossed the hundred books mark, I genuinely thought, "I'm done". But something happened! I don't know why, but my drive towards other languages became stronger than ever. I felt, now is the time to make parts of my legacy more accessible to other languages. I have never relied on anyone in my life for the realization of my legacy, so it was obvious that I was not gonna wait for somebody else to translate my works for me. Besides, when somebody else translates an original literature into another language, it always remains a translation - it can never become an original literature of that language and culture. This I absolutely did not want.
Sure, other than Turkish and Spanish, I have difficulty with other languages - that is, I am not at all fluent in them. But the point is, once I feel the language and culture in my veins, I can deliver my ideas in any language I want. And I've been doing exactly that over the years - absorbing as many cultures and languages into my bloodstream as I can that is. If you tear my heart open, you can find every single culture in the world, caringly placed and nurtured. Some call it gift, I call it intention.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Once I feel the language and culture in my veins, I can deliver my ideas in any language I want. I can write in any language, because I want to. And no, I don't use some fancy AI tools. In fact, I have an uncompromising principle against the use of AI in literature. Heck, I opted not to use something so trivial as an image containing yours truly with a mace, as cover image of "Bulletproof Backbone", because it collided with the book's anti-weaponry vision - so you can imagine my stance on fraudulent material generated by AI!
What I do use, while writing in other languages, is old-fashioned dictionary - online dictionary that is, to fix things like spelling, missing vocabulary and other broken bits - which makes me a broken polyglot. And believe you me, broken polyglots are potent polyglots. I may not be fluent in a lot of languages, but after I am long gone, each of these languages and cultures will have something distinctly personal left by me to call their own.
For example, I may not speak fluent German, yet if I write even one page in the German language, it'll forever become an indelible part of the German culture. It'll not be some off-key German translation of an original Naskar, rather it'll be a German literature from the vast Naskarean oeuvre.
Sure, I know my limits in each of these languages, that's why I keep my sentence structure simple, which I am not compelled to do in Turkish and Spanish. But more than my limits, I am aware of my limitlessness. And once the being transcends the limits of language, culture, border and tradition, puny apparatus like intellect is bound to follow.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Call me poet, scientist or humanitarian, Naskar is the spirit of world integration.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“Plenticultural (Sonnet 1434)
When I get mad, I revert to English,
because English is my first language.
When I feel romantic, I revert to Turkish,
because Turkish is my love language.
When I feel passionate, I revert to Spanish,
because Spanish is my passion language.
When I feel electric, I revert to Telugu,
because Telugu is my power language.
When nothing works, I revert to Korean,
because Korean is my backup language.
And you wonder why I never run empty,
why the natural spring is ever abundant!
Language is the gateway to culture,
Culture is the gateway to life.
I am no person who speaks many tongues,
I am the proof of plenticultural life.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Language is the gateway to culture,
Culture is the gateway to life.
I am no person who speaks many tongues,
I am the proof of plenticultural life.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Language is the gateway to culture, culture is the gateway to life.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Shared existence is only existence.”
Source: Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One
“Divide and rule is the law of animals, Unite and integrate is law of humanity.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“I don't write on multiculturalism,
I am multiculturalism.
The only nationalism I care about,
is tribalism ending multinationalism.
Either you'll know me as a national hero
of every nation, or you won't know me at all.
So long as a single human calls me foreigner,
I'll conclude, I've achieved nothing at all.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“The only permanence we have is each other.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Once you wake up to the vastness of the world, it is impossible to revert to the tribal lane.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“What is Naskar (The Sonnet)
Naskar is a culture unto themselves,
Naskar is a nation unto themselves.
Naskar is a planet unto themselves,
Naskar is a paradigm unto themselves.
Naskar culture is integration,
Naskar nation is world nation.
Naskar planet is borderless,
Naskar paradigm is undivision.
Naskar is not a he or she,
Naskar is the whole of humanity.
Naskar is neither east nor west,
Naskarosphere is conscious unity.
Naskar is just a lesser synonym,
The original name is Human Being.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“Naskar culture is integration,
Naskar nation is world nation.
Naskar planet is borderless,
Naskar paradigm is undivision.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“Quit the contraction, start the construction,
Set out as sailors in the course of unity.
Quit the paralysis, start the osmosis,
Disinfect the world with your fearless electricity.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Naskar is the outcome of such churning.
When all cultures come together, Naskar is born.
Call it Naskar, call it Human - all the same,
It all represents the undivided spirit of dawn.”
Source: Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World
“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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth
“Light is but another name for integration.”
Source: Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World
“Question: Have you ever considered winning an award?
Naskar: Not really - I am a misfit - not quite mainstream enough for any of the fields. Besides, I am here to bridge cultures, not win awards.”
Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
“English is my work language,
Turkish is my love language,
Spanish is my play language,
Telugu is my leisure language.
This would probably be different for you - perhaps for you, it all happens in one language - English, and that's perfectly fine. Different people are inspired in different ways - it's alright - as long as all our inspirations converge into one result - a better world for all - where there is no interracial dialogue, there is no intercultural communication, there is no interreligious relations - because - there is but one race, humanity - there is but one culture, humanity - there is but one religion, humanity.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“Your culture is my culture is world culture.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“World unity stems from expansion.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“I have but one law - I don't exist. I don't have a homeland, I don't have a native tongue, I don't have an origin culture - for you are my home, your tongue is my tongue, your culture is my culture. Those who still want to learn about my origin, could easily find out where I come from and all that nonsense, but as for me, my existence is rooted in you - that's all you gotta know. Nothing else matters, nothing else must matter. I repeat, nothing else must matter. For an earthbound species, I am native of earth - for an interplanetary species, I am native of Milky Way - for an intergalactic species, I am a native of the cosmos - for a lifeform beyond time and space, I am but a speck of carbon-based electrochemical memory.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“Call me gypsy, or call me refugee,
This heart of mine is always migrant.
I've got no use for silicon or gold,
World is my bane, world, my ointment.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“My life is testament to the dream of united earth.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“Sonnet 1152
In Korea, I am Ingan -
In Turkiye, I am Insan.
In Latam, Soy Humano -
In North America, I'm Human.
In hindi, I am Khichdi*,
A *hodge-podge of cultures,
Few have the mind to stomach,
while tribals feel perturbed.
Life is love, love is life -
all other existence is null and void.
World is love, love is the world -
all other paradigm is poison voyage.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“All through history every culture on earth has produced its distinct literature - American literature, British literature, Latino Literature, Arabic literature, Turkish literature, European literature, Bengali literature and so on. I am none of these, because I am all of these - Naskar is the amalgamation of all of world's cultures. Naskar is the first epitome of integrated Earth literature - where there is no inferior, no superior - no greater, no lesser. Soulfulness of Rumiland, heartfulness of Martíland, correctiveness of MLKland, sweetness of Tagoreland - merge them all in the fire of love, and lo emerges Naskarland - merge them all in the fire of love, and lo emerges lightland.”
Source: Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science
“Every culture is my culture, every country is mine - defiant descendants of divided ancestors, hand in hand we shall fly.”
Source: Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
“Favoritism is a civilized faculty,
when practiced beyond blood and border.
Problem is when you see nothing at all,
beyond the rim of your family and culture.”
Source: Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
“Be the proof of integration, when prejudice is the tradition.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“I speak the tongues of earth,
I sing the songs of earth.
Forever I find myself,
In many fervors of earth.
Ain't got no single nation,
Ain't got no single culture.
Human am I, I belong to humans,
Come hell or come high water!”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Ain't got no single nation,
Ain't got no single culture.
Human am I, I belong to humans,
Come hell or come high water!”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“United we are alive,
Divided we are dead.
Integrated we're lovers,
Divided we are duffers.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo