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Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

“The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to an unborn song.”

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Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned Indian poet, writer, philosopher, and social activist, was born on May 7, 1861, in Calcutta, and passed away on August 7, 1941. Tagore's works blend the influences of traditional Indian literature and Western literature, and his poetry, novels, plays, and essays have won the hearts of readers worldwide. He was the first Asian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and his works have had a profound impact on world literature. more

“The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will take care of themselves. Look after the courts of the poor, who stand most in need of justice. The security of the republic will be found in the treatment of the poor and the ignorant. In indifference to their misery and helplessness lies disaster.”

Needs Looks Care Lying Found Justice Poor Security Court Misery Take Care Disaster Supreme Ignorant Appeals Indifference Treatment Republic Supreme Court Helplessness

Author:Charles Evans Hughes

“The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal angst and anomie, cascades of short stories and rivers of novels obsessed with the nuances of domestic relationships - suburban hanky-panky - chic boutique shopping mall literary soap opera. When they do speak out on matters of controversy they attack not the evils of our time but fellow writers who may insist on complaining.”

Source: One Life at a Time, Please

“We are befouling and destroying our own home, we are committing a slow but accelerating race suicide and life murder - planetary biocide. Now there is a mighty theme for a mighty book but a challenge to which no modern novelist or poet has yet responded. Where is our Melville, our Milton, our Thomas Mann when we need him most?”

Needs Book Home Challenges Race Modern Poet Murder Suicide Novelists Theme Destroying Milton Melville

Author:Edward Abbey

“Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she may triumph; through zeal and civic action counterbalance the influence of money and the machinations lavished on the propagation of deception. That, in my opinion, is the most useful activity and the most sacred duty of pure patriotism.”

May Mean Action Opinion Enemy Influence Duty Pure Activity Messages Sacred Obstacles Spread Deception Triumph Zeal Civics Propagation Fabricate

Author:Maximilien Robespierre

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

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