Delve into the wisdom of Rabindranath Tagore with our collection of 100+ Quotes in English. These insightful quotes reflect the depth of Tagore’s philosophy and poetic brilliance. From reflections on life and love to profound thoughts on humanity and nature, Tagore’s words continue to inspire and resonate with people around the world. Whether you seek wisdom, inspiration, or simply wish to appreciate the beauty of language, these quotes offer a window into the mind of one of the greatest poets and thinkers of all time. Immerse yourself in the world of Rabindranath Tagore and let his words illuminate your thoughts.
Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real.
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
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.
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
Trees are Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
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.
Best Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.
In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
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.
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
Age considers; youth ventures.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
Music fills the infinite between two souls.
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.
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.
We live in the world when we love it.
Those who own much have much to fear.
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
