“The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.”
Rabindranath Tagore“Free me as free is the forest fire, as is the thunder that laughs aloud and hurls defiance to darkness.”
Rabindranath Tagore“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, butfor the heart to conquer it.”
Rabindranath Tagore, Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore“To thee, to thee, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and nothing remains of it but this handful of ashes.”
Rabindranath Tagore, The Hungry Stones and Other Stories“We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.”
Rabindranath Tagore“We live in the world when we love it.”
Rabindranath Tagore“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.”
Rabindranath Tagore“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”
Rabindranath Tagore“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
Rabindranath Tagore“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”
Rabindranath Tagore“What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.”
Rabindranath Tagore