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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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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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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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If someone chooses what they love to do, there is no stress in their life. As they say, If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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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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Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
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Behind the smiles, everyone is going through personal struggles we know nothing about.
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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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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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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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Meditation is like a plane: It first takes you high, then far away and then further away imperceptibly.
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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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Everyone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.
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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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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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Always seeing the best in people and choosing to avoid their faults.
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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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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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