Train to Pakistan
Khushwant Singh
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Not forever does the bulbul sing In balmy shades of bowers, Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom the flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last, They know not life, who know not this.”
“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated Indians—or the Pakistanis.”
“The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned”
“India is constipated with a lot of humbug. Take religion. For the Hindu, it means little besides caste and cow-protection. For the Muslim, circumcision and kosher meat. For the Sikh, long hair and hatred of the Muslim. For the Christian, Hinduism with a sola topee. For the Parsi, fire-worship and feeding vultures. Ethics, which should be the kernel of a religious code, has been carefully removed.”
“Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion”
“Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.”
“We are of the mysterious East. No proof, just faith. No reason, just faith.”
“The doer must do only when the receiver is ready to receive. Otherwise, the act is wasted.”
“Consciousness of the bad is an essential prerequisite to the promotion of the good.”
“If you look at things as they are, there does not seem to be a code either of man or of God on which one can pattern one's conduct. Wrong triumphs over right as much as right over wrong. Sometimes its triumphs are greater. What happens ultimately, you do not know. In such circumstances what can you do but cultivate an utter indifference to all values? Nothing matters. Nothing whatever...”
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india, death, life, life-lessons, moving-on, freedom, life-changing, temporality, seasons, letting-go, educated
