Indian – Poet May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941
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
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.Rabindranath Tagore
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.Rabindranath Tagore
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.Rabindranath Tagore
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
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. 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
Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.Rabindranath Tagore
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. Rabindranath Tagore
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. Rabindranath Tagore
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. Rabindranath Tagore
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. Rabindranath Tagore
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. Rabindranath Tagore
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
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. Rabindranath Tagore
Trees are Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.Rabindranath Tagore
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Rabindranath Tagore
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.Rabindranath Tagore
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.Rabindranath Tagore
In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects. Rabindranath Tagore
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Rabindranath Tagore
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.Rabindranath Tagore
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore
What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real. – Rabindranath Tagore
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. Rabindranath Tagore
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. Rabindranath Tagore
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. Rabindranath Tagore
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good. Rabindranath Tagore
We live in the world when we love it. Rabindranath Tagore
Facts are many, but the truth is one. Rabindranath Tagore
Music fills the infinite between two souls. Rabindranath Tagore
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Rabindranath Tagore