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.
GAUR GOPAL DASFamiliarity 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.
GAUR GOPAL DASThe first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
GAUR GOPAL DASIt is strange that sword and words have the same letters.
GAUR GOPAL DASWhen 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.
GAUR GOPAL DASAs a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.
GAUR GOPAL DASAnyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
GAUR GOPAL DASWe should deal with each other sensitively; our attitude towards life affects how we act in our relationships.
GAUR GOPAL DASSpirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
GAUR GOPAL DASTo 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.
GAUR GOPAL DASDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
GAUR GOPAL DASHaving a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
GAUR GOPAL DASThings do change over time.
GAUR GOPAL DASEveryone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.
GAUR GOPAL DASWhen things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry
GAUR GOPAL DASExperience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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.
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