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."

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

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All Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Time

“Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Nature

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Good

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Love

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Death

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Education

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Art

“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Music

“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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“Those who own much have much to fear.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Fear

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Art

“Age considers youth ventures.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Age

“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

“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Love

“If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“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

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