I thank thee that I am none of the wheels of power but I am one with the living creatures that are crushed by it.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Thank the flame for its light, but do not forget the lampholder standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them, but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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My friend, your great heart shone with the sunrise of the East like the snowy summit of a lonely hill in the dawn.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Find your beauty, my heart, from the world's movement, like the boat that has the grace of the wind and the water.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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This rainy evening the wind is restless. I look at the swaying branches and ponder over the greatness of all things.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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"The learned say that your lights will one day be no more." said the firefly to the stars. The stars made no answer.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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When I stand before thee at the day's end thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The cricket's chirp and the patter of rain come to me through the dark, like the rustle of dreams from my past youth.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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