Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore He only has freedom who ideally loves freedom himself and is glad to extend it to others. He who cares to have slaves must chain himself to them. He who builds walls to create exclusion for others builds walls across his own freedom. He who distrusts freedom in others loses his moral right to it. Rabindranath Tagore wallcarejustice Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. Rabindranath Tagore spiritualgodlove A thorn can only be extracted if you know where it is. Rabindranath Tagore ifsknows We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are many crimes which are the creation of man himself, the wrongfulness of which is put down to their divergence from habit, custom, or tradition. But cruelty is not of these. It is a fundamental sin, and admits of no argument or nice distinctions. If only we do not allow our heart to grow callous, its protest against cruelty is always clearly heard; and yet we go on perpetrating cruelties easily, merrily, all of us - in fact, anyone who does not join in is dubbed a crank. Rabindranath Tagore karmaniceheart I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my child. Rabindranath Tagore my-childrenchildren Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. Rabindranath Tagore pleasuremadepeace It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world. Rabindranath Tagore impossible-thingsachievementworld The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal. Rabindranath Tagore kissingsongworld The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest. Rabindranath Tagore truthlyingart The tyrant claims freedom to kill freedom, and yet keep it for himself. Rabindranath Tagore tyrantslibertyfreedom It is the same life that emerges in joy through the dust of the earth into numberless waves of flower. Rabindranath Tagore dustflowermother The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union; not on the side of the canvas where it is blank, but on the side where the picture is being painted. Rabindranath Tagore yogaselfsuccess Poems On Love Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted. Rabindranath Tagore joylove-isgiving The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires. Rabindranath Tagore giving-upkinddesire The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day. Rabindranath Tagore motherrunningnight When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable. I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus that expands on the ocean of light, and thus I am blessed—let this be my parting word. In this playhouse of infinite forms I have had my play and here have I caught sight of him who is formless. My whole body and my limbs have thrilled with his touch who is beyond touch; and if the end comes here, let it come—let this be my parting word. Rabindranath Tagore oceanlightblessed 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 for the patience to win my freedom. Rabindranath Tagore allieswinninglooks Who are you, a hundred years from today, reading my poetry with curiosity? Rabindranath Tagore curiosityreadingyears Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. Rabindranath Tagore lawinspirationallove The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end. Rabindranath Tagore shrinesdoorsworld
