I have observed, on board a steamer, how men and women easily give way to their instinct for flirtation, because water has the power of washing away our sense of responsibility, and those who on land resemble the oak in their firmness behave like floating seaweed when on the sea.
Rabindranath TagoreThe most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.
Rabindranath TagoreGreat calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.
Rabindranath TagoreWhen 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.
Rabindranath TagoreMemory, the priestess, kills the present and offers its heart to the shrine of the dead past.
Rabindranath Tagore