Rabindranath Tagore quotes

Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, writer, and philosopher celebrated for his profound influence on literature and music. His works, including "Gitanjali," earned him international acclaim and the Nobel Prize in Literature. He remains a towering figure in Indian culture and education reform. Here are 258 of his quotes:

We live in the world when we love it. (Rabindranath Tagore)
The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies. View quote
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Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence. View quote
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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good. View quote
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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. View quote
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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. View quote
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Never be afraid of the moments-thus sings the voice of the everlasting. View quote
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Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. View quote
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The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. View quote
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Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection. View quote
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Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it. (Rabindranath Tagore)
Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. View quote
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Man is worse than an animal when he is an animal. View quote
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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. View quote
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Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love. View quote
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Men are cruel, but Man is kind. View quote
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Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky. View quote
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Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol. View quote
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YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake. View quote
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open. View quote
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. (Rabindranath Tagore)
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. View quote
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects. View quote
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. View quote
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Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love. View quote
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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore - Image
Occupation: Indian Poet
Born: May 7, 1861
Died: August 7, 1941
Quotes count: 258
Wikipedia: Rabindranath Tagore

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