Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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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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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Always seeing the best in people and choosing to avoid their faults.
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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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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.
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