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Rabindranath Tagore

"These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination."

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"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good."

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"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it."

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

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"Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it."

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

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"Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree."

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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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"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

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"From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest."

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