Occupation: Poet Birth: January 6, 1883 Death: April 10, 1931
Remembrance is a form of meeting..
But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of ….
For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness..
We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words..
Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy..
Now I realize that the trees blossom in Spring and bear fruit in Summer without seeking praise; and they drop their leaves in Autumn and become naked….
That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man..
I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach to a dolt is like writing upon ….
The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe..
But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you?.
you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?.
You have your ideology and I have mine..
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though ….
Defeat, my defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, and ….
Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares..
Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison?.
Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds..
You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept..
And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?.
I learnt silence from the talkative.
And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons..