Rabindranath Tagore Quote

When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, "Never keep your mind aler.


The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism (ed. Oxford University Press, USA, 2009)


When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness,...

When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness,...

When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness,...

When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness,...