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  ...has made his weapons his gods. When his weapons win he is defeated himself.
46 God finds himself by creating.
47 Shadow, with her veil drawn, follows Light in secret meekness, with her silent steps of love.
48 The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
49 I thank thee that I am none of the wheels of power but I am one with the living creatures that are crushed by it.
50 The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.
51 Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
52 Man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.
53 While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for calling it cousin, the moon rises, and the glass lamp, with a bland smile, calls her, "My dear, dear sister."
54 Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waves we meet and come near. The seagulls fly off, the waves roll away and we depart.
55 My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the...   Tagore, Rabindranath

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