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

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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

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Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

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I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was a joy.

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We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us. ― Rabindranath Tagore

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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

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You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

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That side of our existence whose direction is towards the infinite that seeks not wealth, but freedom and joy.

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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but that makes our life in harmony with all existence. ― Rabindranath Tagore

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When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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