A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREMost 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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Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically.
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The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
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Power 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.
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Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.
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We live in the world when we love it.
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You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
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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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Let me light my lamp , says the star, And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness
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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 is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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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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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
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