Gora (Modern Classics)

by Rabindranath Tagore

‘But please bear in mind that if he clings to the traditions of our country, it’s not because he thinks them the best. It’s because we were ready to dismiss all our land’s customs out of a blind disrespect for our country, that he has taken it upon himself to stem the tide. He says we must first possess and understand our nation as a whole, through respect and love. Subsequently, the process of reform will begin automatically from within, according to the natural rules of health.’

a man cannot function unless he belittles all things outside his own field of action as trivial.

‘You will repent this, I tell you.’ ‘Repentance is God’s will, after all. It is sin I fear Panubabu, not repentance.’