People

"If you are kind; people may accuse you of being selfish, having ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

People are often unreasonable; illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are successful; you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank; people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building; someone could destroy them overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness; they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today; people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have; and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway."

... People, Mother Theresa

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There is only one virtue
and one sin for a soul on the path:
virtue when he is conscious of God
and sin when he is not.