“And if I were to ask myself from what literature we who have been nurtured almost exclusively on the thoughts of Greeks and Romans, and of the Semitic race, the Jewish, may draw the corrective which is most wanted in order to make our inner life more perfect, more comprehensive, more universal, in fact more truly human a life... again I should point to India.” IfsShouldHumansMayHas BeensFactsWantedOrderAsksLiteraturePerfectRaceDrawsUniversalIndiaGreekComprehensiveInner LifeRepublic DayMost Wanted Book:India: What Can it Teach Us? Source: India: What Can it Teach Us?
“How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do, and the most beautiful things it can enjoy, without thinking that every day may be the last one, and that lost time is lost eternity!” ThinkingMayLastsBeautifulLostEnjoyCan DoMankindEternityBeautiful ThingsDay To DayLost Time Book:Memories Source: Memories
“Universities were not meant entirely, or even chiefly, as stepping-stones to an examination, but that there is something else which universities can teach and ought to teach-nay, which I feel quite sure they were originally meant to teach-something that may not have a marketable value before a Board of Examiners, but which has a permanent value for the whole of our life, and that is a real interest in our work, and, more than that, a love of our work, and, more than that, a true joy and happiness in our work.” FeelsMayRealWholeJoyValuesInterestTeachOur LivesOughtStonesUniversityPermanentBoardsExaminationStepping StonesJoy And HappinessOrigin Of LifeTrue Joy Author:Max Muller
“Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.” MenMindHumansMayArtPhilosophyLawLanguageStudySpecialMaterialsIndiaValuableMythologyCustomsHuman MindSpheresPrimitiveSelectYou Like ItTreasured Book:India: What Can it Teach Us? Source: India: What Can it Teach Us?
