Top 25 Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore of 435 - Page 17

Let the splendor of diamond, pearl and ruby vanish? Only let this one teardrop, this Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and ever.

Let the splendor of diamond, pearl and ruby vanish? Only let this one teardrop, this Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and ever.

Rabindranath Tagore

Forever, Taj Mahal, Rubies

If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.

Rabindranath Tagore

Diversity, Unity, India

"Gora".

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

Rabindranath Tagore

Inspirational, God, Dust

Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.10, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

According to the true Indian view, our consciousness of the world, merely as the sum total of things that exist, and as governed by laws, is imperfect. But it is perfect when our consciousness realizes all things as spiritually one with it, and therefore capable of giving us joy. For us the highest purpose of this world is not merely living in it, knowing it and making use of it, but realizing our own selves in it through expansion of sympathy; not alienating ourselves from it and dominating it, but comprehending and uniting it with ourselves in perfect union.

Rabindranath Tagore

Self, Views, Law

By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.

Rabindranath Tagore

Touching You, Touching, May

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.419, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

Rabindranath Tagore

Peace, Littles, Flutes

Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice (2011). “Gitanjali: Song Offerings”, p.7, Penguin Books India

Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?

Rabindranath Tagore

Sleep, Night, Sight

Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice (2011). “Gitanjali: Song Offerings”, p.180, Penguin Books India

The speech of my heart will be carried on in murmurings of a song.

Rabindranath Tagore

Song, Heart, Speech

Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice (2011). “Gitanjali: Song Offerings”, p.6, Penguin Books India

A dewdrop is a perfect integrity that has no filial memory of its parentage.

Rabindranath Tagore

Inspirational, Memories, Integrity

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Lectures, addresses”, p.945, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Perhaps that dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises. A day will come when unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost human heritage.

Rabindranath Tagore

Winning, Men, Dawn

"Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore:".

You have made me known to friends whom I knew not. You have given me seats in homes not my own. You have brought the distant near and made a brother of the stranger... When one knows You, then there is no alien, and no door is shut.

Rabindranath Tagore

Brother, Home, Aliens

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The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument. The time has not come true, the words have not been rightly set; only there is the agony of wishing in my heart….. I have not seen his face, nor have I listened to his voice; only I have heard his gentle footsteps from the road before my house….. But the lamp has not been lit and I cannot ask him into my house; I live in the hope of meeting with him; but this meeting is not yet.

Rabindranath Tagore

Song, Heart, Agony

Rabindranath Tagore, “Gitanjali”

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

Rabindranath Tagore

Inspirational, Hands, Tolerance

Fireflies (1928)

I thought that my invincible power would hold the world captive, leaving me in a freedom undisturbed. Thus night and day I worked at the chain with huge fires and cruel hard strokes. When at last the work was done and the links were complete and unbreakable, I found that it held me in its grip.

Rabindranath Tagore

Power, Night, Fire

Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice (2011). “Gitanjali: Song Offerings”, p.182, Penguin Books India

The delights of sight and hearing and touch will bear thy delight.

Rabindranath Tagore

Sight, Delight, Hearing

Rabindranath Tagore (2004). “Tagore”, p.107, SkyLight Paths Publishing

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

Rabindranath Tagore

Heart, Mesh, Made

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.11, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all my desires ripen into fruits of love.

Rabindranath Tagore

Illumination, Joy, Desire

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.39, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Days come and ages pass, and it is ever he who moves my heart in many a name, in many a guise, in many a rapture of joy and of sorrow. Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.

Rabindranath Tagore

Moving, Heart, Names

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.39, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

By all means they try to hold me secure who love me in this world. But it is otherwise with thy love which is greater than theirs, and thout keepst me free. Lest I forgot them they never venture to leave me alone. But day passes by after day and thou art not seen. If I call not thee in my prayers, if I keep not thee in my heart, thy love for me still waits for my love.

Rabindranath Tagore

Art, Prayer, Mean

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”

Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial dejection which thirsts for a stronger draught.

Rabindranath Tagore

Encouragement, Strong, Indulge In

Rabindranath Tagore (2016). “SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life”, p.31, Rabindranath Tagore

I am restless. I am athirst for faraway things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance. O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute! I forget, I ever forget, that I have no wings to fly, that I am bound in this spot evermore.

Rabindranath Tagore

Distance, Adventure, Wings

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.59, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Those who in this world have the courage to try and solve in their own lives new problems of life, are the ones who raise society to greatness.

Rabindranath Tagore

Greatness, Trying, World

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”

The thing which seems so glorious when viewed from the heights of the country's cause looks so muddy when seen from the bottom. One begins by getting angry and then feels disgusted.

Rabindranath Tagore

Country, Looks, Height

Rabindranath Tagore (2016). “The Home and the World”, p.70, Rabindranath Tagore

Someone spilled the ink on the canvas. Now boasts: "I painted the night".

Rabindranath Tagore

Night, Ink, Canvas

I ask my destiny - what power is this That cruelly drives me onward without rest? My destiny says, "Look round!" I turn back and see It is I myself that is ever pushing me from behind.

Rabindranath Tagore

Destiny, Looks, Pushing

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