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To smile at an enemy is to disarm him.
CWM 14: 177–78

Keep a cheerful mind and a peaceful heart. Let nothing dis-
turb your equanimity and make every day the necessary
progress to advance with me steadily towards the goal.
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You must never forget that you are much more helpful when
you are quietly happy than when you become dramatic.
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Be happy, my child, it is the surest way of progress.
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To conquer the difficulties there is more power in a smile
than in a sigh.
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To live within, in constant aspiration towards the Divine —
that renders us capable of regarding life with a smile and
remaining in peace whatever the external circumstances.

CWM 14: 232

We can contemplate the divine smile when we have con-
quered our ego.
CWM 14: 257

As for ill-will, jealousy, quarrels and reproaches, one must
sincerely be above all that and reply with a benevolent
smile to the bitterest words; and unless one is absolutely
sure of himself and his reactions, it would be better, as a
general rule, to keep silent.
CWM 14: 264

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