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.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Topics: Obstacles Quotes

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

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

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...

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims

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...

The newer people, of this modern age, are more eager to amass than to realize.

The newer people, of this modern age, are more eager to amass than to realize.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

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.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

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.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of...

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of...

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...

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was...

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was...

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.

Truth cannot afford to be tolerant where it faces positive evil.

Truth cannot afford to be tolerant where it faces positive evil.

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

An adult male living alone stops being a vaguely tragicomic bachelor once he is found...

An adult male living alone stops being a vaguely tragicomic bachelor once he is found...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...