I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.
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I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREBy plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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 TAGOREThe water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELove does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREGod waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man’s hands.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREOnce we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREFaith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELove adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward by outward beauty.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREwhen you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREDepth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance
RABINDRANATH TAGOREEverything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
RABINDRANATH TAGORENot hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREWe live in the world when we love it.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREOh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house – do not pass by like a dream.
RABINDRANATH TAGORENever be afraid of the moments–thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
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