The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
GAUR GOPAL DASWatch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry?
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.
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One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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To accept someone when everything is going right is easy. But when things are falling apart around you and you stick together, that’s the test of a relationship. Love is when we have every reason to break up but we do not.
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People with a closed mindset want to grow by beating others in their field. Open-minded people, on the other hand, grow by developing themselves.
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If someone chooses what they love to do, there is no stress in their life. As they say, If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.
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Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
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As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.
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At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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The sands of time slow for no man. Things change for better and for worse, but what we choose to perceive is up to us.
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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