Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.
GAUR GOPAL DASYou need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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Think: Is this in my control? If yes, you can do something about it. If no, then you cannot do anything about it. Therefore, in both circumstances, why worry?
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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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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We must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude
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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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When 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.
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What great men do, common men follow.
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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 paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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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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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.
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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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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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