Hypocrisy means being something from within and something quite other from the outside. Hypocrites say one thing but do something quite different to deceive others by glib talk. This makes them betrayers of trusts. To gain the trust of others, avoid hypocrisy.
The way of peace runs an even course from beginning to end, while the path of violence is strewn with obstacles. In peace, construction is all, while with violence, destruction is all.
Difference is not an evil, it is a great blessing. For, the absence of uniformity is the secret to intellectual development. It has rightly been said by Walter Lippman, “When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much.”
Violence and peace both have wide connotations. Violence includes everything from hatred to war. Peace includes everything from tolerance to love. Both violence and peace are the results of human thinking.
If one prays in the true spirit of prayer, then one’s prayer will surely fend away indecency and evil. But if one’s prayer is devoid of spirit, then it will be no more than a perfunctory action which has no connection with one’s real life.
Anger is the major reason for relationships going sour. Anger stokes a quarrel which then begets hatred. And hatred eventually leads to evil. Anger is a natural phenomenon. The only solution to anger is to control it by being silent for some time.
Most of the problems in life are due to ignorance. Recognize your ignorance, do something about it, and you will be saved from unnecessary problems.
When man avoids violence and war, although the way of war is open to him, he chooses the noblest line of conduct–restraint. And it is restraint that leads one towards success.
The best principle for maintaining harmony at home is the art of difference management. Instead of making futile attempts to eliminate differences, we should learn to adjust to them.
In this world almost everyone makes mistakes. But he finds that after every mistake, certain opportunities arise through which he is able to rectify matters—thus saving himself from the evil consequences of his mistakes.
