The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREPatriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.
More Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
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Let me light my lamp , says the star, And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness
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You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
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By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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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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Never be afraid of the moments–thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
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I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.
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Music fills the infinite between two souls
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Some day I shall sing to thee in the sunrise of some other world, I have seen thee before in the light of the earth, in the love of man.
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Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
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Power said to the world, you are mine. The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, I am thine. The world gave it the freedom of her house.
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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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On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
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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.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance
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The small wisdom is like water in a glass, clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
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