Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

"Age considers; youth ventures."

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"Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror."

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"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them."

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

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"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."

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"Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom."

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"Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance."

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"Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man."

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

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

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

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

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"We live in the world when we love it."

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

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"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

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"Facts are many, but the truth is one."

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"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."

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"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."

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"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."

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

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

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