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 TAGORELove’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
More Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
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Let me light my lamp , says the star, And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness
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Music fills the infinite between two souls
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Great 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.
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
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Some 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.
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Never be afraid of the moments–thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
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Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house – do not pass by like a dream.
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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.
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Never be afraid of the moments-thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
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Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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when you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance
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