Rabindranath Tagore quotes

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

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.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

We live in the world when we love it.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

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.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

Those who own much have much to fear.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

We live in the world when we love it.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.