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Truth looks tawdry when she is overdressed.

Truth looks tawdry when she is overdressed.

Rabindranath Tagore
Truth, Looks
Rabindranath Tagore (1919). “The Cycle of Spring”

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.

Rabindranath Tagore
Flower, Dark, Clouds
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.424, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

Rabindranath Tagore
Life, Encouragement, Fear

Overstraining is the enemy of accomplishment. Calm strength that arises from a deep and inexhaustible source is what brings success.

Rabindranath Tagore
Success, Accomplishment, Enemy

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.

Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Unity, Conflict

The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.

Rabindranath Tagore
Acceptance, Rejection, Support
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Essays, lectures, addresses”, p.373, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness

Rabindranath Tagore
Stars, Light, Darkness
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.472, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself.

Rabindranath Tagore
Believe, Doe, Shame
Rabindranath Tagore (2016). “Nationalism”, p.47, Rabindranath Tagore

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

Rabindranath Tagore
Real, Shining

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

Rabindranath Tagore
Happiness, Smile, Beauty
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.452, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Rabindranath Tagore
Life, Wisdom, Dark

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it. Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom. Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.

Rabindranath Tagore
Life, Pain, Failure
Rabindranath Tagore (2017). “Delphi Collected Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Illustrated)”, p.296, Delphi Classics

All that is not given is lost.

Rabindranath Tagore
Generosity, Lost, Given

The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.

Rabindranath Tagore
Art, Truth, Lying
"The Fourfold Way of India" by Rabindranath Tagore, 1924.

My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.

Rabindranath Tagore
Eye, Age, Ears

To find God, you must welcome everything.

Rabindranath Tagore
Welcome

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Being Single, Flower
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.447, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change our lives the most begin to sing to us while we are still in darkness. If we listen to their song, we will see the dawning of a new part of ourselves.

Rabindranath Tagore
Song, Dark, Light

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.

Rabindranath Tagore
Tragedy, Ladders, Limits
Rabindranath Tagore (2016). “SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life”, p.81, Rabindranath Tagore

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Inspirational, Law
Rabindranath Tagore (1994). “The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany”, p.34, Sahitya Akademi

The more one lives alone on the river or in the open country, the clearer it becomes that nothing is more beautiful or great than to perform the ordinary duties of one's daily life simply and naturally.

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Life, Beautiful
Rabindranath Tagore (1994). “The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: A miscellany”, p.62, Sahitya Akademi

The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition

Rabindranath Tagore
Ambition, Men

Those who own much have much to fear.

Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational, Greed, Mind Your Own Business

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Rabindranath Tagore
Shame, Praise
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.420, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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.

Rabindranath Tagore
House, Thrones, World
Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.407, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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