Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
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"Arise, my friend – the world is wailing for kindness – it is wailing for compassion – it is wailing for love."
"Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes."
"Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistakes instead of trying to justify them."
"The more we humanize the society, the more we will become humans."
"What is the point of being humans, if our actions scream with more bestiality than humanity!"
"Compatibility doesn't determine the fate of a marriage, how you deal with the incompatibilities, does."
"If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea."
"If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea. If you want pleasure, have pleasure from the pursuit of your passion. If you want to be indoctrinated, then be so by the natural law of humanism."
"Two married partners do not just live with each other, they live in each other, neurologically speaking."
"When two people fall in love, they not only give up their genuine authority over their own lives, but also, they become mutual authorities of the collective life that they build together."
"Do not seek for the best partner, but seek for the person who makes you a better version of yourself."
"A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship."
"A healthy marriage acts as the vessel of wellbeing and stability for both partners as well as the children."
"Cheating is an innate evolutionarily programmed desire, especially in men, but it is not a desire that cannot be controlled."
"A human is the one, who would give up a thousand Cleopatras to be with the person he or she loves."
"Cheating in relationship is a sign of self-regulation failure. When it happens ones, it is a mistake. When it happens twice, it is unfortunate. But when it happens thrice or more, it is a pattern indicating primitive, uncivilized inhuman behavior."
"Try to respond to your partner instead of reacting."
"Marriage is not a competition. Marriage is completion of two souls."
"True love is born out of the pyre of two committed souls."
"Monogamy is not a choice, it is a responsibility of a genuine human."
"Either one is promiscuous or in a relationship - it cannot be both at the same time."
"Sex is only a tool in love, not love itself."
"Polygamy is about sex, whereas monogamy is about love."
"Promoting promiscuity in this evolved and civilized society is actually like signing the Declaration, that says:“I hereby renounce my membership of humankind, since I am neither human nor kind. I declare that I no longer belong to the modern human species, i.e. the Homo sapiens. From now on I shall be counted among the swingers of the animal kingdom, such as the bonobo or montane vole. I am simply an arrogant philandering savage."
"Polygamy is a luxury of the cave-people, and monogamy is an existential responsibility of the civilized society."