From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

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Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

Those who own much have much to fear

Those who own much have much to fear

Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but...

Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life...

The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life...

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through...

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through...

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing...

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing...

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.

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.

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the...

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the...

Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or...

$Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or...$

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...

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they...

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they...

In love, at one of its poles you find the personal, at the other the...

In love, at one of its poles you find the personal, at the other the...

The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability...

The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability...

For this is Wisdom; to love, to live To take what fate, or the Gods...

For this is Wisdom; to love, to live To take what fate, or the Gods...