Always seeing the best in people and choosing to avoid their faults.
GAUR GOPAL DASPeople 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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Familiarity breeds contempt, I replied. When we are overly familiar with people, we forget how important they are to us and the correct way to behave with them.
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Hot heads do not give good feedback – choose a better time.
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We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Watch 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.
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The eyes are the window to the soul,
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Things do change over time.
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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Fight the strong urge to judge someone based on an initial interaction with them. Everyone has a fascinating story that we know nothing about.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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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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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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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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Meditation is like a plane: It first takes you high, then far away and then further away imperceptibly.
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When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
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