One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
GAUR GOPAL DASPhysical 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.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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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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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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Having a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
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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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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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Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
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Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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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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Things do change over time.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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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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This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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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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