Indian Quotes

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"When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Passive resistance is a force which is not necessarily moral in itself; it can be used against truth as well as for it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Passive resistance is a force which is not necessarily moral in itself; it can be used against truth as well as for it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free..."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free..."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures... It is the truth of our complete being."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures... It is the truth of our complete being."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The false can never grow into truth by growing in power."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The false can never grow into truth by growing in power."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- 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 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

"Facts are many, but the truth is one."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Facts are many, but the truth is one."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

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

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing."

-- Rabindranath Tagore