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.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREBy plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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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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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Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.
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Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.
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The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
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Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
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You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
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when you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.
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I have lost my dewdrop , cries the flower to the morning sky that lost all its stars.
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I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, In life after life, in age after age, forever.
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The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
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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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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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Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.
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Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
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