"I say that a poet's mission is to attract the voice which is yet inaudible in the air; to inspire faith in the dream which is unfulfilled; to bring the earliest tidings of the unborn flower to a sceptic world. So many are there today who do not believe. They do not know that faith in a great future itself creates that future; that without faith you cannot recognize your opportunities. Prudent men and unbelievers have created dissensions, but it is the eternal child, the dreamer, the man of simple faith, who has built up great civilizations. This creative genius, as you will see in your own past history, had faith which acknowledged no limits. The modern sceptic, who is ever critical, can produce nothing whatever - he can only destroy. Let us then be glad with a certainty of faith that we are born to this age when the nations are coming toether. This bloodshed and misery cannot go on forever because, as human beings, we can never find our souls in turmoil and competition. There are signs that the new age has arrived..."
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Posted by proutist-universal on May 11, 2006 12:01 AM
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