Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
Indian - Poet May 6, 1861 - August 7, 1941

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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

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

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Rabindranath Tagore

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Rabindranath Tagore

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath Tagore

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
Rabindranath Tagore

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Rabindranath Tagore