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

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed...

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed...

While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones

While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones

Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language...

Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language...

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God...

The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God...

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.

Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars...

Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars...

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...

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

I miss the meaning of my own part in the play of life because I...

I miss the meaning of my own part in the play of life because I...

We try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul of...

We try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul of...

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still...

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still...

Those who own much have much to fear.

Those who own much have much to fear.

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and...

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and...

The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is...

The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is...

Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth...

Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth...

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...

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

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

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