Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

“In our pilgrimage on this earth we sometimes fail to see all who the Lord touches through us in simple words and deeds.”

— Bridgette Mongeon

“and he is forbidden the knowledge of foreign languages. If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar…

— George Orwell

“All that they lacked was the gift that descended upon the chosen disciples at Pentecost, in tongues of flame; symbolizing, it would seem, not…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The pilgrims continue to come. Only God knows what each one of us brings, and with what kind of heart. We come mystically to…

— M. Basil Pennington

“Even the language to which a man is born and in which he makes known his wants is a foreign language. What goes on…

— Harry W. Wilson

“One of the lessons of history is that the gods can be silent in many languages.”

— Will Durant

“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work.”

— Muriel Barbery

“We can give up belief in God while not losing touch with a treasured heritage.”

— Richard Dawkins

“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“What is the scholar, what is the man for, but for hospitality to every new thought of his time? Have you leisure, power, property,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He saw himself and his fathers crowding round their ancestral shrine waiting in vain for worship and sacrifice and finding nothing but ashes of…

— Chinua Achebe