Rabindranath Tagore ( 8 of 38 )
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, read more
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in read more
Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside.
Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; read more
Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; when those of domination it is accursed.
Do not say,"it is morning," and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as read more
Do not say,"it is morning," and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name. -Rabindranath Tagore.
The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become read more
The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.
God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.
God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
