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"Just as one has no choice but to defecate, one has no choice but to get married. If your mind remains single, then there is no problem. However, one has no choice but marry if the mind is already married."
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"Marriage is the commodification of affection, copulation, and, reproduction."
"To a man who was required to marry before he was allowed to have sex with his lover, marriage is a 'righteous' form of prostitution."
"We are properly ready for marriage when we are strong enough to embrace a life of frustration."
"I was relying on youth be loyal to the specific variety of compromise and unhappiness, which our hard-won marriage represents."
"Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us."
"When she had first crossed the dry and dusty world which his mind inhabited she had been like a spring shower; in opening himself to it he had not been mistaken. He had gone wrong only in assuming that marriage, by itself, gave him either power or title to appropriate that freshness. As he now saw, one might as well have thought one could buy a sunset by buying the field from which one had seen it."
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"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."
"No one in this world is your boss! Yet people walk around with a perplexed look, thinking 'someone will take away my things!' Hey, you are the owner of the whole universe. Who can take away what is yours?"
"When the mind gets a solution [settlement], it is considered religion. It is considered irreligion when the mind does not get a solution."
"The worldly life just goes round and round; there is no end to it. If you want to bring an end to it, ask the Gnani Purush [The enlightened one], 'How long do I have to keep on wandering? I have been going round and round like the ox running the millwheel. Tell the Gnani Purush 'please bring about a resolution for me!"
"Egoism and Money [Goddess of wealth; Lakshmi] are very much at odds [have great enmity]. There should be just enough egoism to accomplish one's work. Beyond that, any expanded egoism and money have great enmity. Money (Lakshmi) stays away from it."
"For infinite lives, one has been wandering around, and once in a while, he will attain a human birth. But there his back will hurt. He will have created obstacles such that he will not be able to eat, even when he is served a plate full of food. This is how it is! So think before you take any steps (before you do anything)."
"Religion (dharma) is decrease in kashay (anger, pride, deceit and greed) and increase of kashay is irreligion (adharma). When Kashay goes away (completely) is the religion of the Self (Soul)."
"Abhorrence is the cause for conflicts. God has said, 'Do no abhorrence. If you don't like it, ignore it'."
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