To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
RT Rabindranath TagorePoet · 1861–1941Wat dit citaat betekent
We are closest to greatness not when we puff ourselves up, but when we are genuinely humble. Humility, not pride, ennobles us.
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Bengali poet and the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature, who wrote on faith, freedom, and joy.
This line is among the quotes by Rabindranath Tagore that readers return to on wijsheid — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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