Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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Rabindranath Tagore is an Indian polymath whose words have traveled far beyond their original audience. Their thinking spans from Truth to Time, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Discover 47 of Rabindranath Tagore's most memorable quotes, ranging across Truth, Time, Love, Life, and God. Consider this gem from Rabindranath Tagore: "Those who own much have much to fear."

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

All Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

“Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Nature

“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.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Morning

“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Friendship

“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Time

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Good

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Inspirational

“Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“Those who own much have much to fear.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Fear

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Beauty

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Faith

“Age considers youth ventures.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Age

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Nature

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

“Facts are many, but the truth is one.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“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

Life

“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

Great

“To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth