“In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy.
In always wanting perfection, you become angry.
In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy.”

—  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Source: Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge 1995-2000

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