Quote#God & Faith
It exists to show that the bonds of law can only be explained by…
Quote byRabindranath Tagore · 1861–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sādhanā : The Realisation of Life (1916).
English (original)
It exists to show that the bonds of law can only be explained by love; they are like body and soul. Joy is the realisation of the truth of oneness, the oneness of our soul with the world and of the world-soul with the supreme lover.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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