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“The woman wants the man to love her for ever and ever. She deliberately shuts her eyes to those two terrible enemies — Time and Change. Men are more realistic. They know that all things pass. And yet, it’s precisely out of this tension between the two sexes that civilization has evolved. Had this not been present, man would have become extinct like the many animals who were overtaken by this fate. Why do I say this? Because I see this “push” and “pull” as masculine and feminine principles, respectively, both of which are essential for the survival of the human race.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust

“In America, they make a lot of fuss over little things.”
― Khushwant Singh, Truth, Love & A Little Malice

“The doer must do only when the receiver is ready to receive. Otherwise, the act is wasted.”
― Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan

“O MAN! Offer Thy labyrinthine longings into a monotheistic bonfire consecrated to the unparalleled God.
Burn desire for human affection in the fire of aspiration for GOD alone, a love solitary because omnipresent!
Throw faggot of ignorance to incandesce the blaze of insight! Devour all sorrows in the sorrow for God's absence.
Consume all regrets in meditative bliss!”
― Paramahamsa Yogananda, God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita