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O Woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their own hearts … You are one-half woman and one-half dream.

— Rabindranath Tagore The Gardener (1915)

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God, the Great Giver, can open the whole universe to our gaze in the narrow space of a single land.

In this playhouse of infinite forms I have had my play, and here have I caught sight of him that is formless.

Gitanjali (1912)

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

Stray Birds (1916)

God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

Fireflies (1928)

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

The Gardener (1915)

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