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Letter "R" » Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
«It is our desires that limit the scope of our self-realization, hinder our extension of consciousness, and give rise to sin, which is the innermost barrier that keeps us apart from our God, setting up disunion and arrogance of exclusiveness. For sin»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
disunion, exclusiveness, give rise, self-realization, set apart
«In love, at one of its poles you find the personal, at the other the impersonal. At one you have the positive assertion - Here I am; at the other the equally strong denial - I am not. Without this ego what is love? And again, with only this ego how c»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
assertion, Here I Am, poles, positive pole
«Objects of knowledge maintain an infinite distance from us who are the knowers. For knowledge is not union. Therefore the further world of freedom awaits us there where we reach truth, not through feeling it by senses or knowing it by reason, but thr»
«Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language is not in its obstructiveness. Exclusively viewed from the side of the obstacle, nature appears inimical to the idea of morality. But if that were abs»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Obstacles
| Keywords:
inimical, positive element, viewed
«Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth the perfect comprehension of the universal mind. We individuals approach it through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experience, through our illumi»
«Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit, but I am indeed touched by the joys. This book is an ode to such joys, a digest of my collections from various sources.»
«I believe that there is an ideal hovering over the earth, an ideal of that Paradise which is not the mere outcome of imagination, but the ultimate reality towards which all things are moving. I believe that this vision of Paradise is to be seen in th»
«If anger be the basis of our political activities, the excitement tends to become an end in itself, at the expense of the object to be achieved. side issues then assume an exaggerated importance, and all gravity of thought and action is lost; such ex»
«The current of the world has its boundaries, otherwise it could have no existence, but its purpose is not shown in the boundaries which restrain it, but in its movement, which is toward perfection. The wonder is not that there should be obstacles and»
«The man who aims at his own aggrandisement underrates everything else.»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
aggrandisement, underrate, underrates, underrating
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