Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my little child.
We live in the world when we love it.
The worm while exploring the dust
never knows that stars are in the sky.
The wise man warns me that life is but a dewdrop on the lotus leaf.
The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to the unborn song.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Days are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless nights.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.
While the rose said to the sun
"I shall ever remember thee"
her petals fell to the dust.
The world is the ever-changing foam
that floats on the surface of a sea of silence.
Life's play is swift,
Life's playthings fall behind one by one and are forgotten.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
While God waits for his temple to be built of love, men bring stones.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
Let this be my last word, that I trust in thy love.
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
I leave no trace of wings in the air,
but I am glad that I have had my flight.