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.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Topics: Life Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Death belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the...

Death belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the...

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive...

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive...

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals...

There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals...

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek...

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek...

Life, like a child, laughs, shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Life, like a child, laughs, shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him;...

This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him;...

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but...

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but...

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See...

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See...