Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
GAUR GOPAL DASWe must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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Stop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.
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Our relationships are stronger when they contain a spiritual component. There are three different ways to become good friends with someone.
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A man or a woman is known by the company they keep.
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This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters. Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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We must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude
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If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.
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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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The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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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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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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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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To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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Offering gifts and accepting gifts, opening one’s mind and inquiring in confidence, sharing food, and receiving food are the six exchanges that develop loving relationships.
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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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Things do change over time.
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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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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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Meditation is like a plane: It first takes you high, then far away and then further away imperceptibly.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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