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

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Rabindranath Tagore

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

Rabindranath Tagore

Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

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

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

Rabindranath Tagore

Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Rabindranath Tagore

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Rabindranath Tagore

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

Rabindranath Tagore

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Rabindranath Tagore

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.

Rabindranath Tagore

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price...

Rabindranath Tagore

Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

Rabindranath Tagore

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.

Rabindranath Tagore

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Rabindranath Tagore

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Rabindranath Tagore