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

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...

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

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...

There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is...

There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is...

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict

In love all the contradiction of existence merge themselves and are lost. Only in love...

In love all the contradiction of existence merge themselves and are lost. Only in love...

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...

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive...

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive...

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

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

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

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.

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...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

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...

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...

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard...

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard...