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Perfection is the attribute of the Almighty, and yet what a great democrat HE is! What an amount of wrong and humbug HE suffers on our part! HE even suffers insignificant creatures of HIS to question HIS very existence, though HE is in every atom about us, around us and within us. But, HE has reserved to HIMSELF the right of becoming manifest to whom so ever HE chooses. HE is a Being without hands and other organs, yet one can see HIM who HE chooses to reveal Himself.
Mahatma Gandhi

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Panchtantra
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The best people to surround yourself with are the people that bring out the best in you.
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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
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Faith is not something to grasp. It is a state to grow into.
Mahatma Gandhi
When you do things from you soul, you see a river moving in you, a joy.
Rumi
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If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
Every step I take in the light is mine forever.
Swami Vivekananda
It is better to speak nice words (Vani) with a sweet smiling face than giving gracious gifts.
Thirukkural
Anyone who doesn't make time frames beyond tomorrow, probably isn't pushing himself hard enough.
Anand Mahindra
The wise will scent danger beforehand, and hold the mind from wavering when danger comes.
Mahabharata
I want art and literature that can speak to the humanbeing.
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