Rabindranath Tagore

Quotes

• “Children are living beings - more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habit around themselves. Therefor...”
• “Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on...”
• “The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, m...”
• “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence...”
• “YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,'said the dewdrop to the lake.”
• “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 slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
• “when you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.”
• “You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.”
• “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
• “The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition”
• “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”
• “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
• “Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.”
• “Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”
• “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
• “Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”
• “Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.”
• “In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.”
• “We live in the world when we love it.”