We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

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

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

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...

When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and...

When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and...

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the...

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the...

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

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.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

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...

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

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

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...

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...

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

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

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

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.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust,...

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust,...

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

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

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.