Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELet me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
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.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELove is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREDepth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance
RABINDRANATH TAGOREOh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house – do not pass by like a dream.
RABINDRANATH TAGORECome oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically.
RABINDRANATH TAGORENot hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREwhen you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.
RABINDRANATH TAGORETrees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREOnce we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREIf you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
RABINDRANATH TAGORELet me light my lamp , says the star, And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness
RABINDRANATH TAGOREYou can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREYou smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
RABINDRANATH TAGOREThe 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 TAGORELove adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward by outward beauty.
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