The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories

“Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Ah! How we all love to be deluded! We have a secret dread of being thought ignorant. And we end by being ignorant after all, only we have done it in a long and roundabout way.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“To thee, to thee, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and nothing remains of it but this handful of ashes.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“It was always the poor grass that suffered most when two kings went to war.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“The sands of desert may be very white and shiny, but I would much rather sow my seeds in black soil.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Oh! what lies we women have to tell! When we are mothers, we tell lies to pacify our children; and when we are wives, we tell lies to pacify the fathers of our children. We are never free from this necessity.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“The food which I get by begging is divine." After I had thought over what she said, I understood her meaning. When we get our food precariously as alms, we remember God the giver. But when we receive our food regularly at home, as a matter of course, we are apt to regard it as ours by right.””

— Rabindranath Tagore

“You never look at these flowers; therefore they become stale to you. If you would only look into them, then your reading and writing would go to the winds."The Devotee””

— Rabindranath Tagore