Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
GAUR GOPAL DASOur association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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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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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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The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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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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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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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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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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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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Hot heads do not give good feedback – choose a better time.
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Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
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Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
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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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Everyone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.
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People who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.
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