To be merely an idealist is hopeless; to be merely a materialist is also hopeless. It is necessary to create a balance between the two.

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There is nothing bad but different degrees of goodness.If you become angry, try firmly not to express it.

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If you believe that you are good and another is bad, then try to make him like yourself. But lovingly!

If you are well-to-do, feed the poor and help them.

When your child or dear one is ill or in any difficulty and you feel for him, feel in the same way for the child or dear one of another as you feel for your own.

Let others also enjoy the effects of happiness and riches as you yourself enjoy them.

How fine it would be were you to heighten your feeling for others and act accordingly.