From Rabindranath Tagore: “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”
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Quote of the day 09/23/24
From Rabindranath Tagore: “A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”
Quote of the day 09/22/24
From Rabindranath Tagore: “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
Quote of the day 09/19/24
From Rabindranath Tagore: “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
Quote of the day 09/18/24
From Rabindranath Tagore: “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, butfor the heart to conquer it.”
Quote of the day 03/02/24
From James Joyce: “Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.”
Dog
Sun-warmed shadowSleeping soundIn your place upon the ground Trembling, growling in your dreams Running free through fields of green As I sit watching, silentI look upon your speckled browAs I see you slowly greying The secret work of time betraying All the deeds of men convergeCities built and battles wonAs you lie beside my windowContinue reading “Dog”
Cabin
Though I must go back from whence I came, I shall return in mind again To my little cabin in the woods Which over an emerald field stood. Though tomorrow may bring trouble And the busy world bring sorrow In memory I may find respite A campfire in a long, dark night.
Life
Today I amI once was notAgain I will not beAnd always I will be myselfUntil there is no me At first I was a shriveled thingA toothless, hairless headAnd so again will I appearWhen at last I go to bed To start I was an empty slateI learned to loveI learned to hateI learned ofContinue reading “Life”
A poem
A bird alighted on a bough It came to be I know not how He sang his song While I looked on The world sang all around him In a flash It seemed to be I was the bird The bird was me
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