Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.
We live in the world when we love it.
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure.
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame.
The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anyone. It will destroy you.
The butterfly’s attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry, but from the very act of flying.
The highest form of success is to be able to give up things without regret.
Love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
Man’s nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
I leave no trace of wings in the air, but I am glad I have had my flight.
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
The real friendship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darkened.
The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.
Love and prayer are two well-fitting sleeves of a sweater. You cannot be religious without being deeply in love.
Do not be afraid of mistakes, for there are none.
I slept and dreamt that life was all joy. I woke and found that life was duty. I acted and behold, duty was joy.
Love’s gift cannot be given. It waits to be accepted.
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
The unuttered words deepen your friendship, and strengthen the bond of affection with silence.
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
No one is perfect— not even a perfect idiot.
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.