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 Friendship
We
gain nothing by being with such as ourselves: we encou-rage
each other in mediocrity I m always longing to be with men
more excellent than myself.
Charles Lamb
Your
friend is the one who knows all about you, and still likes
you.
Elbert Hubbard
A
faithful friend is an image of God.
French proverb
Who
finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.
Jewish proverb
It
is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to be
friends to the one who regards himself as your enemy is
the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere
business.
Mahatma Gandhi
Friendship
doubles our joy and divides our grief.
Swedish proverb
Attitude
I
am impartial to all the created beings. I have neither
friend nor foe.
Bhagavad Gita 9.29
I
am enemy to no one,
and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am the friend of
all.
Guru Granth Sahib
Conquer
anger by love, and evil by good.
Dhammapada
God
enjoins justice, kindness, and charity to one's kindred,
and forbids indecency, abomination, and oppression.
Qur'an 16.90
Love
your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5.8.44
A
soft answer turns away anger, but a sharp word makes
tempers hot.
Proverbs 15.1
God
is one. Our religions may divide us, but dharma teaches us
to come together in peace.
Let us not fight over our differences, but seek
peace in God.
Baba Virsa Singh
People
here on earth, they sleep, wake and think. Various
thoughts: watching over all of this with intent eye
(witness) There dawns a priceless light, which never shall
dim again. Led onward by this, one should move forward.
Sri Narayana Guru
To
correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want
of sympathyand from positive enmity among strangers, as
nations or as individuals,Is one of the highest functions
of civilization?
Abraham Lincoln
 Patience
& Perseverance
Prosperity
forsakes those who always dream of fate and favors those
who persevere. One should
Therefore always be active and alert.
Matsya Purana 221.2
It
matters not what you j inquire into but when you inquire
into a thing, you must never give it up, until you have
thoroughly understood it. It matters not what you try to
think out, but when you once try to think out a thing, you
must never give it up until you have got what you want.
i Doctrine of the Mean 20
What
is patience? Shankaracharya says: "Sit by the
seashore and take one drop of water on a blade of Grass.
If you have enough patience and there is a place nearby
wherein that drop can be stored, you may, in time, empty
the ocean of all its water". This is an illustration
of almost perfect patience.
Mahatma Gandhi
A
man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the
ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the
process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him
patiently wait, and the ripe fruit at length falls into
his lap.
Abraham Lincoln
The
key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by
hatching the egg not by smashing it.
Arnold Glasow
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