Rabindranath Tagore's Quotes

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

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

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

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

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

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

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

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

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.

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

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

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.

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

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

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

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

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

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

Age considers; youth ventures.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

Financially I'm comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.

I don't walk around feeling like I'm successful. I feel like I did well.

I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.

If you like something, go for it.