True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought and action, not tutelage under European schoolmasters. It is science but not its wrong application to life.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Science Quotes

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.

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...

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.

Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God...

Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God...

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

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.

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...

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...

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but...

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are...

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are...

Every wise man lives in an observatory.

Every wise man lives in an observatory.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj