Gitanjali (1912) Rabindranath Tagore

[kathleen targal]

where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken into fragments by domestic walls Where words come out of the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms to perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-- Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

[Claudia van den Elsen-Westendorf Pieters]

I just Love Rabindranath. I'm a big fan. Got most of his books, issued here in Holland.
A man with so many qualities and he always hits the nail on the head!
Did a lot of good work for women emancipation, among manu other things.

Thanks for sharing these beautiful, wise, and true words :-)

Love and warm regards,
Claudia.