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"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."
"One has to reap the fruits of his karma. The law of karma is inevitable and is accepted by all the great philosophies of the world: 'As you sow, so shall you reap.'"
"The law of Karma is the law of causation."
"That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace."
"Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in."
"You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being - not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money - but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason."
"So somebody comes along and gets to me. They get me angry or uptight or they awaken some desire in me, wow am I delighted. They got me. And that’s my work on myself. If I am angry with you because your behavior doesn’t fill my model of how you should be, that’s my problem for having models. No expectations, no upset. If you are a liar and a cheat, that’s your Karma. If I’m cheated, that’s my work on myself."
"I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We're all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day."
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become."
"What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people."
"A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind."
"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else."
"Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion."
"Be a good listener...It makes the person who's speaking to you feel loved,cared for and worthy of being heard."
"You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back."
"Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it."
"Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine."
"When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it."
"What goes around comes back around."
"It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it."
