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Sri Chinmoy » Library of Poetry » 10,000 Flower-Flames, Part 1 » The Best, The Worst

The Best, The Worst

The best in man

Is his gratitude-flame.

The worst in man

Is his insurmountable

Ingratitude-mountain.

By: Sri Chinmoy

 
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Excerpt from: Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy, Copyright (c) 1900 by Sri Chinmoy – All rights reserved

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  • A Solemn Promise
  • A Tamed Mind
  • A Wild Sound-Call
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  • Competition-Separation
  • Days Pass By
  • Desperate Needs
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  • Finally
  • First Gift, Last Gift
  • Freedom-Immortality
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  • God Does Not Love Me
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  • He Is God’s
  • He Took Up Death’s Challenge
  • Heaven Descends, Earth Ascends
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  • I Do Not Interfere
  • I Fear And I Brave
  • I Have Nothing
  • I Live
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