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If someone smells a flower and says he does not understand, the reply to him is: there is nothing to understand, it is only a scent. If he persists, saying: that I know, but what does it all mean? Then one has either to change the subject, or make it more abstruse by saying that the scent is the shape which the universal joy takes in the flower.

Rabindranath Tagore
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Rabindranath Tagore's Popular Quotes

In death the many become one; in life the one become many.

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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

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It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

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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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If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.

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Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love

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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

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Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go not to the temple to light candles…

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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

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