Top 15 Quotes By Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali poet, writer, composer, philosopher, and artist who reshaped Indian literature and music. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poetry, “Gitanjali,” making him the first non-European to receive the honor. Tagore’s literary works, spanning poetry, songs (Rabindrasangeet), essays, short stories, and plays, explored themes of love, nature, spirituality, and humanism.

Rabindranath Tagore Quotes

1. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
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2. “It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”
— Rabindranath Tagore

3. “If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”
— Rabindranath Tagore

4. “The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.”
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5. “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

6. “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

7. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
— Rabindranath Tagore

8. “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.”
— Rabindranath Tagore

9. “We live in the world when we love it.”

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10. “Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.”
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11. “The greed for fruit misses the flower.”
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12. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
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13. “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
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14. “A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”
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15. “We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.”
— Rabindranath Tagore