"That's Delhi. When life gets too much for you all you need to do is to spend an hour at Nigambodh Ghat,watch the dead being put to flames and hear their kin wail for them. Then come home and down a couple of pegs of whisky. In Delhi, death and drink make life worth living,"

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Source : Khushwant Singh (1990). “Delhi”, p.12, Penguin Books India

Khushwant Singh

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“Each time I write, each time the authentic words break through, I am changed. The older order that I was collapses and dies. I lose control. I do not know exactly what words will appear on the page. I follow language. I follow the sound of the words, and I am surprised and transformed by what I record.”

Source : Susan Griffin (1983). “Made from this earth: an anthology of writings”, HarperCollins Publishers
“I know how I want to try and live my life. I know I dont want to leave any darkness behind me.”
“I don't really trust ideas, especially good ones. Rather I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.”
“Two natures beat within my breast. The one is foul, the one is blessed. The one I love, the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate. -Anonymous”
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. It makes her feel as if she were independent... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”
“Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep.”
“I always got my work done before playing.”

Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.
“Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.”

Source : Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.10, Workman Publishing

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