Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREPatriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREI have lost my dewdrop , cries the flower to the morning sky that lost all its stars.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELove does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREGreat calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREGod waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man’s hands.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREOn the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREOh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house – do not pass by like a dream.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELove does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREYou can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
RABINDRANATH TAGORESome day I shall sing to thee in the sunrise of some other world, I have seen thee before in the light of the earth, in the love of man.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREI slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREwhen you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELet your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREThe small wisdom is like water in a glass, clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREPower said to the world, you are mine. The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, I am thine. The world gave it the freedom of her house.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREHe who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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