A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore I touch God in my songas the hill touched the far-away seawith its waterfall. Rabindranath Tagore hillsfar-awaywaterfalls Love's over brimming mystery joins death and life. It has filled my cup of pain with joy. Rabindranath Tagore life-and-deathpainjoy Our creation is the modification of relationship. Rabindranath Tagore modificationcreationcreativity Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself. Rabindranath Tagore thyselftheelaughing Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the afterglow of sunset at the margin of starry silence. Rabindranath Tagore sunsetsilencegone My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes. They are the cradle of the morning, they are the kingdom of the stars. My songs are lost in their depths. Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity. Let me but cleave its clouds and spread wings in its sunshine. Rabindranath Tagore lonelysongmorning When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses, then alone can he have the true vision of the beauty that is everywhere. Rabindranath Tagore lustselfpast I have read in books that we are called 'caged birds'. I cannot speak for others, but I had so much in this cage of mine that there was not room for it in the universe- at least that is what I then felt. Rabindranath Tagore birdbookrooms When you have once taken up a responsibility, you must see it through. Rabindranath Tagore takenresponsibility Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color may make it vague and insignificant. Yet color may, by combination with lines, create great pictures, so long as it does not smother and destroy their value. Rabindranath Tagore musicsimplebeautiful Our self (Soul), as a form of God's joy, is deathless. For his joy is amritham, eternal bliss. We know that the life of a Soul, which is finite in its expression and infinite in its principle, must go through the portals of death in its journey to realize the infinite. Rabindranath Tagore journeyselfgod Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all my desires ripen into fruits of love. Rabindranath Tagore illuminationdesirejoy To the birds you gave songs, the birds gave you songs in return. You gave me only a voice, yet asked for more, thus I sing. Rabindranath Tagore voicesongbird Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master! Rabindranath Tagore meshmadeheart He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches. He it is who puts his enchantment upon these eyes and joyfully plays on the chords of my heart in varied cadence of pleasure and pain. Rabindranath Tagore paineyeheart It's far better to make people angry than to make them ashamed. Rabindranath Tagore shameashamedpeople 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 prayerwaitingheart Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol. Rabindranath Tagore dustgodinspirational The soil in return for her service keeps the tree tied to her, the sky asks nothing and leaves it free. Rabindranath Tagore soilskytree Night's darkness is a bag that bursts with the gold of the dawn. Rabindranath Tagore golddarknessnight
