“Peace has a special friend: Joy. Anger has only one friend: Destruction.”

—  Sri Chinmoy

April 27
Meditations: Food For The Soul (1970)
Context: Anger has an enemy: Peace. Peace has no enemy. Peace has a special friend: Joy. Anger has only one friend: Destruction.

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Indian writer and guru 1931–2007

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