“In my opinion it has no sanction whatsoever in the Hindu Shastras. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
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Attribution note
The candidate is garbled OCR merging two fragments; the 'harmony' maxim is widely attributed to Gandhi but is unsourced and likely rooted in older Sanskrit thought, so it is not verifiable as his.
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Wholeness comes from your thoughts, words, and actions pointing the same way; when they split, the friction shows up as a low, constant unease. Closing those gaps — saying what you actually believe, doing what you say — removes the quiet drain of living against yourself.
When to use it
- An employee whose stated values finally match how they treat the newest hire on the team.
- A friend who stops agreeing to plans they resent and starts saying no when they mean no.
- A parent who asks their kids for patience and then models it in traffic and at the dinner table.