Perhaps the crescent moon smiles in doubt at being told that it is a fragment awaiting perfection. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must learn through the same process that they learned by. We insist upon forced mental feeding and our lessons Rabindranath Tagore tyrantsadultschildren Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself. Rabindranath Tagore shamedoebelieve Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. Rabindranath Tagore encouragingfaithinspirational If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars. Rabindranath Tagore starstearsmissing We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore great-teacherhumilityhumble Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore rest-in-peacesummerbeautiful God is neither manifest nor hidden; He is neither revealed nor unrevealed; there are no words to tell that which He is. He is without form, without quality, without decay. Rabindranath Tagore decayqualitygod Art awakens a sense of real by establishing an intimate relationship between our inner being and the universe at large, bringing us a consciousness of deep joy. Rabindranath Tagore realintimate-relationshipsart When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me with a shower of mercy. When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song. When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides shutting me out from beyond, come to me, my lord of silence, with thy peace and rest. When my beggarly heart sits crouched, shut up in a corner, break open the door, my king, and come with the ceremony of a king. When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust, O thou holy one, thou wakeful, come with thy light and thy thunder. Rabindranath Tagore kingsheartsong We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us. Rabindranath Tagore perceptioninspirationalworld Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. Rabindranath Tagore tongueagehair Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms. Rabindranath Tagore essencegodjoy It sometimes strikes me how immensely fortunate I am that each day should take its place in my life, either reddened with the rising and setting sun, or refreshingly cool with deep, dark clouds, or blooming like a white flower in the moonlight. What untold wealth! Rabindranath Tagore flowerinspirationallife Your love keeps me afloat but will remain the anchor in my soul... I don't really have words to describe how romantic I find that. Your love is what keeps me going, but it's also the anchor that keeps me close to you. I love it! Rabindranath Tagore romantic-loveanchorslove-is Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection. Rabindranath Tagore persistencepatiencewater Somewhere in the arrangement of this world there seems to be a great concern about giving us delight, which shows that, in the universe, over and above the meaning of matter and forces, there is a message conveyed through the magic touch of personality. ... Is it merely because the rose is round and pink that it gives me more satisfaction than the gold which could buy me the necessities of life, or any number of slaves. ... Somehow we feel that through a rose the language of love reached our hearts. Rabindranath Tagore heartlifescience YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake. Rabindranath Tagore lotusesdewlakes If someone smells a flower and says he does not understand, the reply to him is: there is nothing to understand, it is only a scent. If he persists, saying: that I know, but what does it all mean? Then one has either to change the subject, or make it more abstruse by saying that the scent is the shape which the universal joy takes in the flower. Rabindranath Tagore smellflowermean You are invited to the festival of this world and your life is blessed. Rabindranath Tagore blessedlifeworld The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. Rabindranath Tagore truthdarkinspirational
