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The True Measure of a Person

Beyond faces, degrees, and wealth

By Rohitha LankaPublished 9 months ago 1 min read

Scary people are ''people with human hearts''

The scariest ignorance is ''knowing the face but not the heart''

The knowledge that everyone should have is ''knowing good and bad''

The ruined progress is ''material progress but the heart deteriorates''

A ''degree'' can only tell how high one's education is, but it does not guarantee that one's heart is high as well

A ''high education'' is not an indicator of ''humanity''

A ''good-looking face'' does not guarantee that one is ''a good person''

Social problems arise from the hearts of selfish people

A ''reputation'' with a bad attitude can immediately become a ''bad reputation''

A person who dresses well is not always sincere

Honor who steps on others is not considered honorable

''Valuable'' or ''worthless'' does not depend on position, but on

action

No matter how much money you have, it is not enough if you do not spell the word ''enough''

A house fire is not as devastating as gambling

Wrong thinking, life changes

The scary truth is ''We believe lies. That is the truth''

Don't hate ''bad people'' until your ''heart'' is tainted.

Don't be so easy-going that you can destroy anyone.

Don't be so easy-going that you are easily greedy.

Don't be so greedy that you dare to be bad.

Don't be obsessed with movies more than your heart.

Don't have everything except your sanity.

Don't be a slave to your emotions until you can't lift your head.

Don't be so attached to being good that you think everyone else is bad.

Don't trade your humanity for small benefits.

The desire that kills you is to want, have, and be.

Just one ''good person'' is worth more than a million ''bad people''

who are drowning in suffering because they are struggling to find shortcuts and happiness (too much).

The saddest thing in life is to create karma to destroy your own humanity.

The good and bad things you do will be your property

and will follow you forever…!!!

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Rohitha Lanka

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  • Seema Patel9 months ago

    Social problems arise from the hearts of selfish people. It's a very powerful and true sentence.

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