Our nature is obscured by work done by the compulsion of want or fear. The mother reveals herself in the service of her children, so our true freedom is not the freedom from action but freedom in action, which can only be attained in the work of love.

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If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

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

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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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Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

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

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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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