Rabindranath Tagore Quotes

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Rabindranath Tagore
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Rabindranath Tagore

May 7 , 1861 – August 7 , 1941

Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, philosopher, writer. Nobel Prize-winning. Their teachings on wisdom, self-awareness and the search for meaning continue to guide people seeking clarity and inner strength.

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"The real friendship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darkened."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The greed for fruit misses the flower."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"We live in the world when we love it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- 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

"The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"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

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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On wisdom, Rabindranath Tagore said: "It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.".

On mindset, Rabindranath Tagore said: "If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.".

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