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."

“Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

All Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Good

“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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Time

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Love

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Friendship

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Education

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Beauty

“Those who own much have much to fear.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Fear

“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

“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

“We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

“Age considers youth ventures.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Age

“Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Education

“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Music