Rabindranath Tagore

44 quotes

"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

"The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist."

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore

"While God waits for His temple to be built of love, Men bring stones."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance."

Rabindranath Tagore

"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

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

Rabindranath Tagore

"The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps; does anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born."

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore

"In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height; In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders."

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore

"In the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Man has a fund of emotional energy which is not all occupied with his self-preservation. This surplus seeks its outlet in the creation of art, for man's civilization is built upon his surplus."

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore

"In everyday life, when we are mostly moved by our habits, we are economical in our expression, for then our soul-consciousness is at its low level - it has just volume enough to guide on in accustomed grooves. But when our heart is fully awakened in love, or in other great emotions, our personality is in its flood-tide."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty."

Rabindranath Tagore

"We gain freedom when we have paid the full price..."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms."

Rabindranath Tagore

"God respects me when I work, but He loves me when I sing."

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore

"Man has a fund of emotional energy which is not all occupied with his self-preservation. This surplus seeks its outlet in the creation of art, for man's civilization is built upon his surplus."

Rabindranath Tagore

"Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come."

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore