“True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers.”
Quote by John Henry Newman
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The Idea of a University
This book explores the philosophical underpinnings and the role of universities in society, offering a comprehensive analysis of the concept of a university. more
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“I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.”
Source: Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations
“There is no "next" after you are dead and gone from your own world.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India
“It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India
“Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness.”
Source: Plays, stories
“O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.”
Source: Poems
“Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself.”
Source: Nationalism
“Plunge into the deep without fear, with the gladness of April in your heart.”
Source: Collected poems and plays of Rabindranath Tagore
“Life's aspirations come in the guise of children.”
Source: Fireflies
