Rabindranath Tagore1861–1941God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.Fireflies (1928), 25Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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- Stray Birds (1916), 130
My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes.
The Gardener (1915), 31Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
The Gardener (1915), 45Compulsion is not indeed the final appeal to man, but joy is. And joy is everywhere.
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- Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life (1916)
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is freeWhere the Mind Is Without Fear (1912), Gitanjali (1912)In contextWant of love is a degree of callousness; for love is the perfection of consciousness.
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God, the Great Giver, can open the whole universe to our gaze in the narrow space of a single land.
Jivan-smitri- Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life (1916)
- The Gardener (1913), 74
