Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
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From Tagore's "Fireflies": the butterfly lives a short life but enjoys every moment fully. Life is measured by how fully we live each moment, not by its length.
Meaning in Hindi · हिंदी में अर्थ
टैगोर की "फ़ायरफ़्लाइज़" से: तितली का जीवन छोटा होता है, पर वह हर पल पूरी तरह जीती है। जीवन की लंबाई नहीं, हर पल को पूरी तरह जीना मायने रखता है।
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Fireflies (1928)
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
