The higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is its deepest truth which claims all its sacrifice, yet makes this sacrifice its own recompense. This is man's dharma, man's religion, and man's self is the vessel. (Rabindranath Tagore)

The higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is its deepest truth which claims all its sacrifice, yet makes this sacrifice its own recompense. This is man's dharma, man's religion, and man's self is the vessel.

Rabindranath Tagore

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