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When You Really Have Something To Offer To The World, Then You Can Become Truly Humble. A Tree When It Has No Fruit To Offer, Remains Erect. But When The Tree Is Laden With Fruit, It Bends Down. If You Are All Pride And Ego, Then Nobody Will Be Able To Get Anything Worthwhile From You. When You Have Genuine Humility, It Is A Sign That You Have Something To Offer To Mankind.

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Sri Chinmoy

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When You Really Have Something To Offer To The World, Then You Can Become Truly Humble. A Tree When It Has No Fruit To Offer, Remains Erect. But When The Tree Is Laden With Fruit, It Bends Down. If You Are All Pride And Ego, Then Nobody Will Be Able To Get Anything Worthwhile From You. When You Have Genuine Humility, It Is A Sign That You Have Something To Offer To Mankind.

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Wrong Thoughts Are Inside Us Just Because We Identify Ourselves With These Thoughts. If We Identify With Something Else, Immediately They Have To Leave Us.

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