Rabindranath Tagore Quotes

“The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to an unborn song.”

“The artist is the lover of nature; therefore he is her slave and her master.”

“The hours trip rapidly away, hiding their dreams in their skirts.”

“Whatever we understand and enjoy in human products instantly becomes ours, wherever they might have their origin... Let me feel with unalloyed gladness that all the great glories of man are mine.”

“Let my doing nothing when I have nothing to do, become untroubled in its depth of peace, like the evening in the seashore when the water is silent.”

“In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan.”

“This principle of opposites is at the very root of Creation, which is divided between the rule of the King and the Queen; Night and Day; the One and the Varied; the Eternal and the Evolving.”

“Days are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless nights.”

“Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims”

“Power said to the world, "You are mine." The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, "I am thine." The world gave it the freedom of her house.”

“Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!”

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

“Please is frail like a dewdrop, while it laughs it dies. But sorrow is strong and abiding. Let sorrowful love wake in your eyes.”

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

“Art awakens a sense of real by establishing an intimate relationship between our inner being and the universe at large, bringing us a consciousness of deep joy.”

“Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.”

“Our responsibility is no longer to acquire, but to BE.”

“The Great Morning which is for all, rises in the East.”

“The real frienship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darken.”

“In death the many become one; in life the one become many.”

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

“I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”

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

“Poems On Love Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.”

“I never give answers. I lead on from one question to another. That is my leadership.”