The significance which is in unity is an eternal wonder. Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore More Quotes From Rabindranath Tagore We sit inert, like dead specimens of some museum, while lessons are pelted at us from on high, like hailstones on flowers. Rabindranath Tagore flowereducationmuseums If you allow your mind to carp at all and sundry, it will turn against itself: the majority of our sorrows are self-inflicted. Rabindranath Tagore selfinspirationallife Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep? Rabindranath Tagore sightsleepnight The echo mocks her origin to prove she is the original. Rabindranath Tagore echoesproveoriginals The smile that flickers on a baby’s lips when he sleeps- does anyone know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew-washed morning. Rabindranath Tagore smiledreambaby Let only that little be left of me whereby I may name thee my all. Let only that little be left of my will whereby I may feel thee on every side, and come to thee in everything, and offer to thee my love every moment. Let only that little be left of me whereby I may never hide thee. Let only that little of my fetters be left whereby I am bound with thy will, and thy purpose is carried out in my life--and that is the fetter of thy love. Rabindranath Tagore purposenamesmay Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims Rabindranath Tagore encouragementpowerthankful O Woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their own hearts ... You are one-half woman and one-half dream. Rabindranath Tagore womendreamheart I have observed, on board a steamer, how men and women easily give way to their instinct for flirtation, because water has the power of washing away our sense of responsibility, and those who on land resemble the oak in their firmness behave like floating seaweed when on the sea. Rabindranath Tagore responsibilityseamen In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan. Rabindranath Tagore minddarkdream That which oppresses me, is it my soul trying to come out in the open, or the soul of the world knocking at my heart for entrance? Rabindranath Tagore soulhearttrying Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -- the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically. Rabindranath Tagore restlessthirstytea The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to an unborn song. Rabindranath Tagore flowerearthsong for we women are not only the deities of the household fire, but the flame of the soul itself. Rabindranath Tagore flamessoulfire Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore Death is not extinguishing the light It is simply putting out the lamp Because the dawn has come Rabindranath Tagore The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment. Rabindranath Tagore You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes. Rabindranath Tagore I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door -- or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. Rabindranath Tagore
