Persons Dear to Lord as per Srimad Bhagavad Gita

As per Srimad Bhagavad Gita (Ch. 12), the following persons are very dear to the Lord:

1. He who hates none and who is compassionate to all.
2. He who has no feeling of "I" and "Mine".
3. He who is even-minded in pain and pleasure.
4. He who observes forbearance, ever content, steady in meditation, ever self-controlled, possessed of firm conviction with his mind fixed on Me.
5. He whom the world cannot provoke or annoy and the one who would not provoke or annoy the world.
6. He who is free from enjoyment, envy, fear and anxiety.
7. He who is free from dependence on anyone else, who is pure, unruffled and unperturbed.
8. He who would neither rejoice nor hate and who would neither grieve nor desire.
9. He who would renounce good and evil both.
10. He who has no friend or foe.
11. He who has no attachments. He who is same to honour and dishonour.
12. He who prefers to observe silence. He who is completely contended.
13. He who follows the Eternal Dharma, and
14. He who has total faith in Me and who regards Me as the Supreme Goal and who is so devoted.