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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.

Gaur Gopal Das

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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Correct Forget Important Myself People
You need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
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Attitude Growth Help Need Service Yourself
Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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Deep Difference Experience Himself Man
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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Better Change Choice Time Worse
Live your life in such a way that those who know you but don’t know God will come to know God because they know you.
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Character God Inspirational Life Live Motivational Yourself
As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Habit Myself Ourselves Stay
Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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Deep Gold Perspective Search
We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Beyond Community Family Nation Ourselves Service
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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Acceptance Break Up Choice Easy Fall Love Reason Relationship Right Yourself
We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Beyond Community Family Nation Ourselves Service
Everyone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.
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Angry Each Other Human Nature
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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Fight Judgement Story Strong
Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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Affect Change Strange
Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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Character Development Failure Goodness Shine Spirituality Word
It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.
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Deep Strange Word
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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Beginning Inspirational Journey Motivational Path
Having a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
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Beginning Friendship Listening Problem Solution
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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Acceptance Confidence Development Gift Love Mindset Relationship
Behind the smiles, everyone is going through personal struggles we know nothing about.
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Personal Smile Struggle
To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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Discover Journey Life Purpose Yourself
A man or a woman is known by the company they keep.
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Company Friendship Man Woman
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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Job Rob Sorrow Worry Yourself
Physical violence is inflicted with weapons, but emotional violence is inflicted with words; words can leave invisible scars that can take years, or even lifetimes, to heal.
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Emotion Healing Leaving Life Scars Time Violence Weapon
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Darkness Drive Hate Light Love Yourself
When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry?
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Action Beyond Control Worry Yourself
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Angry Power Word
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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Development Emotion Meditation People Relationship Strength Support

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