Men are cruel, but Man is kind. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror. Rabindranath Tagore flattery mirrors beauty You have given me Your love, filling the world with Your gifts. Rabindranath Tagore filling love world The flower fades and dies; but he who wears the flower has not to mourn for it for ever. Rabindranath Tagore mourn funeral flower The Great Morning which is for all, rises in the East. Rabindranath Tagore east morning past The movement of life has its rest in its own music. Rabindranath Tagore inspirational life funny Yet what each one does is by no means of little moment. The grass has to put forth all its energy to draw sustenance from the uttermost tips of its rootlets simply to grow where it is as grass; it does not vainly strive to become a banyan tree; and so the earth gains a lovely carpet of green. Rabindranath Tagore inspirational life mean Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets...seek to express the universe in terms of music. The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside. Rabindranath Tagore singers music art Perhaps the crescent moon smiles in doubt at being told that it is a fragment awaiting perfection. Rabindranath Tagore moon perfection doubt [The poets' role is that of] capturing on their instruments the secret stir of life in the air and giving it voice in the music of prophecy Rabindranath Tagore voice air giving And because I love this life, I know I shall love death as well. Rabindranath Tagore rest-in-peace this-life wells No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated. Rabindranath Tagore society humanity inspirational Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude toward the Infinite Being must also in its expression have a variety of individuality ceaseless and unendi. Rabindranath Tagore expression self attitude The mountain remains unmoved at its seeming defeat by the mist. Rabindranath Tagore stars healing clouds Age considers; youth ventures. Rabindranath Tagore venture age inspirational Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. Rabindranath Tagore tolerance inspirational hands The water vessel, taken as a vessel only, raises the question, "Why does it exist at all?" Through its fitness of construction, it offers the apology for its existence. But where it is a work of beauty it has no question to answer; it has nothing to do, but to be. Rabindranath Tagore apology taken water Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits. Rabindranath Tagore music soul two You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water. Rabindranath Tagore inspirational-life greatness sea False hope is clung to with all one's might and main, till a day comes when it has sucked the heart dry and it forcibly breaks through its bonds and departs. After that comes the misery of awakening, and then once again the longing to get back into the maze of the same mistakes. Rabindranath Tagore break-through mistake heart to tyrannize for the country is to tyrannize over the country Rabindranath Tagore country