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Rabindranath Tagore Quotes: Memory, the priestess, kills the present and offers its heart to the shrine of the dead past.
         

Memory, the priestess, kills the present and offers its heart to the shrine of the dead past.


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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.



The 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.

The 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.



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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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The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.



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The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.





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