Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

35 quotes

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."

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

All Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Beauty

“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Music

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Nature

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Beauty

“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 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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Good

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Friendship

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Death

“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

“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

“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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Wisdom

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Great

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom

“Age considers youth ventures.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Age

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Art

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

God

“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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

Faith