Quote#Truth
If our relation with the divine were all a thing of our own making,…
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)
If our relation with the divine were all a thing of our own making, how should we rely on it as true, and how should it lend us support? Yes, we must know that within us we have that where space and time cease to rule and where the links of evolution are merged in unity.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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