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81 " It is not enough to only discover your potential. Your potential, at best, is like a rock from which the statue is yet to be carved. A rock of raw diamond can’t be used to make rings and the dust of gold is useless for all practical purposes. Only by honing your skill through hard work, you can develop your potential and achieve happiness and success in your life. "
― Awdhesh Singh , 31 Ways to Happiness
82 " A progressive society chooses a Dharma which benefits most members of that society. Hence, Dharma has to change with time. While Dharma is an ancient concept, it must incorporate new principles to keep pace with changing times. The blind observation of any principle can only lead to failure, miseries and unhappiness. "
― Awdhesh Singh , Myths are Real, Reality is a Myth
83 " Social constantly exerts pressure on individuals to conform to the moral code of conduct and the individual always tries to free himself from the shackles of morality. Astrong person redefines the morality of society while a weak person is crushed by the society’s moral pressure. "
84 " When truths are frozen, Beliefs are born. Beliefs are not the same as truths just like a picture of a man is not the same as the man himself. Hence,belief does not represent reality which is complex and even changing like a living being. "
85 " Once you learn to bite the bullet by taking tough decisions, you will surprisingly develop a liking for taking such decisions, which may appear quite unpleasant in the beginning but produce wonderful results for the organisation and develop your skills. "
86 " Once we understand that our happiness is the result of our life experiences with the world, we will also understand the importance of taking care of both our external and internal world. We can’t be happy if our children are unhappy, our spouse is unfaithful or if our boss hates us. It is futile to focus just on internal changes and hope to attain long-lasting happiness. "
87 " You are reaping today what you have sown in the past and what you sow today would be ripe in the future. You are the seed of tomorrow. It is important to know yourself. You must know the minutest details about yourself. "
88 " We have been nourished by the unconditional love of our parents, elders, siblings, teachers and others. Hence, to discard all our responsibility and run away from life would be an act of cowardice and ungratefulness. "
89 " Instead of criticising people who are superior to you, learn from them and inculcate these superior qualities in your own life. "
90 " Knowing the people does not mean giving an adjective to everyone such as good, bad, selfish, selfless, honest or liar because every person is a combination of the opposite qualities in different proportions. You will never find anyone a complete angel or a devil, as angels and demons, both together, make up a person’s personality. "
91 " When government services are driven by high ideals- like selfless service,nationalism, rather than by practical considerations, like incentives for performance and punishment for non-performance the officers tend to become more corrupt. Most people work hard when their hard work is recognised and adequately compensated. When there is no legally allowed performance incentive, often that extra compensation comes in the form of bribe in such a government organisation, which alone motivates people to work more. "
92 " Just like a drop of the seawater has the same level of salinity as the sea itself, we are usually in agreement with the rationality of the society and the era. "
93 " The ancient sages used divine characters to create mythologies and scriptures to make them more believable. All scriptures are said to be the words of God so that people are convinced about their veracity and believe them. "
94 " Knowing the world means having first-hand knowledge about it, which in turn means understanding ‘why the world is what it is’ and ‘why people are what they are’? "
95 " We often think that only money, power and comfort give us gratification. But this is partial truth. We also feel happy when we play, work out, solve a complex problem or make a child smile by our love and affection. We enjoy success and hate failure, but there is hardly any success that is not preceded by failure. It is our failures that make our successes sweeter. "
96 " A wise person hates none and loves everyone. When you give love to someone without any expectations, your happiness account is credited. Each time you hate those who love you, or cheat your friends or become unfaithful to your beloved, a certain amount of happiness gets debited from your account. "
97 " Family is the smallest and loveliest institution created by man. A family is bound together not by any rules and laws stipulated by the government but by love and trust among family members. "
98 " True knowledge is thus the key to happiness. However, you can’t have such knowledge merely from books or by listening to scholars. True knowledge comes only by experiencing life and connecting the dots. When you are aware and your mind is disciplined, true knowledge flows from all directions into your being. "
99 " The world is not going to change according to our worldview. You have the option of wasting your life by cursing the world, or enjoying it by understanding and accepting it as it is. "
100 " While it may not be a good idea to take excessive interest in the happenings of the world, it is also not desirable to shut your eyes to it and become aloof and indifferent to the pains or joys of others. It is our awareness of the world that provides us an opportunity to learn from the experience of others—a bad experience that someone has gone through prompts us to take precautions and protect ourselves from a similar fate. "