Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Life

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Courage

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Happiness

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Life

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Happiness

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Education

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Love

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Success

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Education

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Love

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.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

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.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Life

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Friendship

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Courage

We live in the world when we love it.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Love

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth