Rabindranath Tagore Quotes

I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

Rabindranath Tagore

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• Worship
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• I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • God
  • Country
  • Worship