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

Great

All Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

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

— 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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Great

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Art

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Good

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Education

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Time

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Nature

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Nature

“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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Art

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Music

“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