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Quotes About Reality

The Stronger is the imagination the less imaginary it is
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Those who wish to sit, shut their eyes, and meditate to know if the world's true or lies, may do so. It's their choice. But I meanwhile with hungry eyes that can't be satisfied shall take a look at the world in broad daylight.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
It is easy to drown yourself effortlessly into that which is truly profound and do no realise its true worth. And since the restless illusion which brings no pleasure even if you drain it to the dregs lead us by the nose and makes us dance a merry dance to its tune and we take it to be the lost desirable thing
~ Rabindranath Tagore
truth and falsehood mingle in life—and to what God builds, man adds his own decoration.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
They come from my imagination; for, as you know, truth is silent, and it is imagination only which waxes eloquent. Reality represses the flow of feeling like a rock; imagination cuts out a path for itself.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
We never cared for such useless things as knowledge. We only cared for truth. And our unsophisticated little hearts knew well where the Crystal Palace of Truth lay and how to reach it. But to-day we are expected to write pages of facts, while the truth is simply this: "There was a king.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Reality is the harmony which gives to the component parts of a thing the equilibrium of the whole.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
The attitude of the God-conscious man of the Upanishad towards the universe is one of a deep feeling of adoration. His object of worship is present everywhere. It is the one living truth that makes all realities true. This truth is not only of knowledge but of devotion.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Therefore the whole apparatus of piety, Hindu and Moslem alike—the temple and mosque, idol and holy water, scriptures and priests—were denounced by this inconveniently clear-sighted poet as mere substitutes for reality; dead things intervening between the soul and its love—
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Brahmos accept a formless deity who is invisible to the eye. You accept idols who cannot be heard. We acccept the living who can be seen and heard-- it's impossible not to believe in them.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
That I exist is a perpetual surprise
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Leemos mal el mundo, y decimos luego que nos engaña.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
When we were young, we understood all sweet things; and we could detect the sweets of a fairy story by an unerring science of our own. We never cared for such useless things as knowledge. We only cared for truth. And our unsophisticated little hearts knew well where the Crystal Palace of Truth lay and how to reach it. But to-day we are expected to write pages of facts, while the truth is simply this: "There was a king.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Nic, co se týká ?lovÄ›ka, není jasné. Slovo, které má ve slovníku jediný význam, dostává v lidském životÄ› význam? sedm - jako když se Ganga rozdÄ›lí, než se vleje do moÃ…â"¢e.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
The time has come when I must divest Bimala of all the ideal decorations with which I decked her. It was owing to my own weakness that I indulged in such idolatry. I was too greedy. I created an angel of Bimala, in order to exaggerate my own enjoyment. But Bimala is what she is. It is preposterous to expect that she should assume the role of an angel for my pleasure. The Creator is under no obligation to supply me with angels, just because I have an avidity for imaginary perfection.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Lo que eres no lo ves, y lo que ves es tu sombra
~ Rabindranath Tagore
For the elements which have lost their living bond of reality have lost the meaning of their existence.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
In its swelling pride The bubble doubts the truth of the sea And laughs and bursts into emptiness
~ Rabindranath Tagore
I would have you come into the heart of the outer world and meet reality. Merely going on with your household duties, living your life in the world of household conventions and the drudgery of household tasks - you were not made for that! If we meet, and recognize each other, in the real world, then only will our love be true.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Tol ajal kui tervisehäired eksisteerisid ainult ta ettekujutlustes, oli see ta lemmikkõneaineks; nüüd aga, mil ta tervis oli tõesti korrast ära, ei tuletanud ta oma kannatusi kunagi meelde.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
What I really feel is this, that those who cannot find food for their enthusiasm in a knowledge of their country as it actually is, or those who cannot love men just because they are men—who needs must shout and deify their country in order to keep up their excitement—these love excitement more than their country.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Le illusioni sono necessarie per le menti semplici, e la maggioranza delle persone è semplice. Ecco perché ovunque nel mondo abbiamo creato delle divinità. Gli uomini sono fin troppo consapevoli delle loro debolezze.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
~ Rabindranath Tagore