By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Rabindranath Tagore heart peace hands Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless exuberance of spring: in the severe abstinence of grey winter: in the living flesh that animates our bodily frame: in the perfect poise of the human figure, noble and upright: in living, in the exercise of all our powers: in the acquisition of knowledge. . . Joy is there everywhere. Rabindranath Tagore exercise winter spring 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 agony heart song We cannot look upon our lives as dreams of a dreamer who has no awakening in all time. We have a personality to which matter and force are unmeaning unless related to something infinitely personal, whose nature we have discovered, in some measure, in human love, in the greatness of the good, in the martyrdom of heroic souls, in the ineffable beauty of nature, which can never be a mere physical fact nor anything but an expression of personality. Rabindranath Tagore greatness dream life In desperate hope I go and search for her in all the corners of my house. I find her not. My house is small and what once has gone from it can never be regained. But infinite is thy mansion, my lord, and seeking her I have come to thy door. Rabindranath Tagore house doors grieving Truth looks tawdry when she is overdressed. Rabindranath Tagore truth looks My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted. Rabindranath Tagore debt secret prayer Do not blame the food because you have no appetite. Rabindranath Tagore appetite blame Saltwater heals, healing referring to its various forms; tears, cleanses and heals the soul; sweat, cleanses through labor; the ocean, heals in all its forms. Rabindranath Tagore sweat ocean healing My fancies are fireflies Specks of living light twinkling in the dark. Rabindranath Tagore firefly light dark When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, "Never keep your mind aler. Rabindranath Tagore discipline children school 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 . . . Rabindranath Tagore agony heart song The fish in the water is silent, the animals on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air. Rabindranath Tagore air animal men Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden, but keep my song. Rabindranath Tagore burden names song The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation. Rabindranath Tagore stronger gains temptation I have long been an ardent believer in the science of Homeopathy and I feel happy that it has got now a greater hold in India than even in the land of its origin. It is not merely a collection of a few medicines but a real science with a rational philosophy at its base. We require more scientific interest and inquiry into the matter with special stress upon the Indian environment Rabindranath Tagore stress real philosophy 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 dawn winning men Brahma was excessively sparing with earth, water, and fire.... The reckless expenditure of air and ether in his composition was amazing. And, in consequence, he perpetually struggled to outreach the wind, to outrun space itself. Other animals ran only when they had a reason, but the Horse would run for no reason whatever, as if to run out of his own skin. Rabindranath Tagore horse running animal We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; Rabindranath Tagore void hope hands 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 aliens brother home