We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
GAUR GOPAL DASThe first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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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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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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One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.
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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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Having a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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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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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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Everyone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.
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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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What great men do, common men follow.
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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