A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
GAUR GOPAL DASPeople with a closed mindset want to grow by beating others in their field. Open-minded people, on the other hand, grow by developing themselves.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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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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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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To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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Everyone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.
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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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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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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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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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Stop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.
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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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What great men do, common men follow.
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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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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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Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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