Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet and philosopher (1861 to 1941); in 1913 the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; wrote the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
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There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses
But why should we suppose the idea to be less true than the reality? We can never know for certain the truth of the substance underlying what we get through the senses.
gutenberg.orgSaid 28 Feb 1895This on korrents
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There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses
But why should we suppose the idea to be less true than the reality? We can never know for certain the truth of the substance underlying what we get through the senses.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 28 Feb 1895
Town society is cruelly callous to the happiness and misery of other creatures compared with its own
In town, human society is to the fore and looms large; it is cruelly callous to the happiness and misery of other creatures as compared with its own.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 9 Aug 1894
The highest commandment is sympathy for all sentient beings; love is the foundation of all religion
I feel that the highest commandment is that of sympathy for all sentient beings. Love is the foundation of all religion.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 22 Mar 1894
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Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us
So long as we are unconscious of our cruelty we may not be to blame. But if, after our pity is aroused, we persist in throttling our feelings simply in order to join others in their preying upon life, we insult all that is good in us.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 22 Mar 1894
Metre gives verse a power to move people that vague and indefinite prose lacks
Metre is born as all beauty is born the universe through. The current set up within well-defined bounds gives metrical verse power to move the minds of men as vague and indefinite prose cannot.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 13 Aug 1893
Whether a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable is uncertain; if it is not, Providence is cruel
I know not whether the socialistic ideal of a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable, but if not, the dispensation of Providence is indeed cruel, and man a truly unfortunate creature.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 10 May 1893
What beauty and peace human societies have comes from the daily performance of small duties, not big deeds and fine talk
And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk.
Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921) Said 16 Jun 1892
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