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More Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore
When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.
That side of our existence whose direction is towards the infinite that seeks not wealth, but freedom and joy.
By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was a joy.
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
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.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
