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

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

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Life, Education
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Essays”, p.401, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Rabindranath Tagore
Knowing, Tree, Meaning Of Life

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Rabindranath Tagore
Life, Inspiring, Encouragement

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Rabindranath Tagore
Funny, Humor, Simple

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

Rabindranath Tagore
Pain, Men, Joy
Rabindranath Tagore (2016). “SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life”, p.37, Rabindranath Tagore

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

Rabindranath Tagore
Independence, Mind, India
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.22, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love

Rabindranath Tagore
Beauty, Eye, Reality

A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge but merely repeats his lesson to his students, can only load their minds, he cannot quicken them.

Rabindranath Tagore
Teacher, Teaching, Light
Rabindranath Tagore (1994). “The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany”, p.64, Sahitya Akademi

Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God, first remove the darkness of sin from your heart. Go not to the temple to bow down your head in prayer, first learn to bow in humility before your fellow men. Go not to the temple to pray on bended knees, first bend down to lift someone who is down trodden. Go not to the temple to ask for forgiveness for your sins, first forgive from your heart those who have sinned against you.

Rabindranath Tagore
Prayer, Flower, Heart

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
Inspirational, Commitment, Insperational

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Motivational, Change

The main object of teaching is not to give explanations, but to knock at the doors of the mind.

Rabindranath Tagore
Teaching, Past, Doors

Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.

Rabindranath Tagore
Effort, Comfort, Selfless

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

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Encouraging, Faith
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.585, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

Rabindranath Tagore
Differences, Wipe, Problem

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

Rabindranath Tagore
Silence, Waiting, Speak
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.411, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Friendship, Depth

We cross infinity with every step; we meet eternity in every second.

Rabindranath Tagore
Infinity, Steps, Eternity

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

Rabindranath Tagore
Time, Memories, Butterfly
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.438, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame.

Rabindranath Tagore
Education, Reading, Writing

Love gives beauty to everything it touches.

Rabindranath Tagore
Giving
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Essays”, p.700, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.

Rabindranath Tagore
Stars, Firefly, Not Afraid
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.402, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

... let us unite, not in spite of our differences, but through them. For differences can never be wiped away, and life would be so much the poorer without them. Let all human races keep their own personalities, and yet come together, not in a uniformity that is dead, but in a unity that is living.

Rabindranath Tagore
Race, Differences, Personality
Rabindranath Tagore (1994). “The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany”, p.712, Sahitya Akademi

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Inspirational, Sad
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

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