Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Topics: Ingratitude Quotes, Power 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.

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.x

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.x

Those who own much have much to fear.

Those who own much have much to fear.

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.

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...

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;...

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

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.

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...

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The...

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The...

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

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...

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a...

The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a...

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go...

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of...

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of...