Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore To find God, you must welcome everything. Rabindranath Tagore welcome Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. Rabindranath Tagore hope god children Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change our lives the most begin to sing to us while we are still in darkness. If we listen to their song, we will see the dawning of a new part of ourselves. Rabindranath Tagore light dark song Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted. Rabindranath Tagore sweet inspirational love Compliments win friends, honesty loses them. Rabindranath Tagore honesty truth winning The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition Rabindranath Tagore ambition men The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies. Rabindranath Tagore not-afraid firefly stars Life itself is a strange mixture. We have to take it as it is, try to understand it, and then to better it. Rabindranath Tagore mixtures trying life Love is when the soul starts to sing and the flowers of your life bloom on their own. Rabindranath Tagore flower soul love-is Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. Rabindranath Tagore depth inspirational friendship I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, Rabindranath Tagore forever doors life Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Rabindranath Tagore sad inspirational love Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free. Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls. Where words come out from the depth of truth, where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection. Where the clear stream of reason has not lost it's way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit. Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action. In to that heaven of freedom, my father, LET MY COUNTRY AWAKE! Rabindranath Tagore wall country father The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore butterfly time memories Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore rest-in-peace inspirational death The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact. Rabindranath Tagore wipe differences problem The false can never grow into truth by growing in power. Rabindranath Tagore growing powerful truth While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones. Rabindranath Tagore waiting love men Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness Rabindranath Tagore stars light darkness The greatest distance in this World is not that between living and death, it is when I am just before you, and you don't know that I Love You. Rabindranath Tagore distance love world