When you find others mistreating you, do not seek the fault in them. Seek rather the fault within yourself. By recognizing your own shortcomings and doing your best to remove them, you can better safeguard yourself against the mistreatment of others.
Every quality has both, a plus point and a minus point. A quality turns into a minus point when it becomes harmful to others.
The building of a nation means, basically, the building of character. For without character, the utterly selfless dedication which is a pre-requisite for national success, will never manifest itself. Without reforming individuals, the reform of a nation will remain the stuff of dreams – illusory and without substance.
Although the material world is limited, the world of thought is unlimited.
Those who possess high moral principles do not deviate from the path of justice, even when it concerns their opponent or enemy.
A ship which sails straight at a rock or an iceberg is doomed to disaster. It is the ship which veers temporarily off its course to avoid the reefs which will eventually sail safely into harbor.
Good behavior is completely natural, straight from the heart and based on genuine consideration for others. It is not, of course, something which one “switches on” in the hopes of immediate reward but is something rather which eventually benefits one in innumerable, often intangible, ways, simply because it makes for social harmony at its best.
Wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.
Maturity is the ability to live in peace with things we cannot change.
The more we give, the, more we receive. And never can we hope to receive more than we have actually given.
