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

Age considers; youth ventures.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

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.

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...

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...

Some have thought deeply and explored the meaning of thy truth, and they are great;...

Some have thought deeply and explored the meaning of thy truth, and they are great;...

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...

All men have poetry in their hearts, and it is necessary for them, as much...

All men have poetry in their hearts, and it is necessary for them, as much...

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...

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere...

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere...

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.

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...

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

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...