Rabindranath Tagore quotes and words of wisdom

"Age considers; youth ventures."
Found in the topic Age.

"Things in which we do not take joy are either a burden upon our minds to be got rid of at any cost; or they are useful, and therefore in temporary and partial relation to us, becoming burdensome when their utility is lost; or they are like wandering vagabonds, loitering for a moment on the outskirts of our recognition, and then passing on. A thing is only completely our own when it is a thing of joy to us."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Found in the topic Butterfly.

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

"In the world"s audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight."
Found in the topic Audience.

"Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamor of silence."
Found in the topic Crowd.

"Men are cruel, but Man is kind."
Found in the topic Man.

"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come."
Found in the topic Death.

"For every child that is born, it brings with it the hope that God is not yet disappointed with man."
Found in the topic Children.

"The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day in rhythmic measure. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth into numberless waves of flowers."
Found in the topic Flower.

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."
Found in the topic Praise.

"You are invited to the festival of this world and your life is blessed."
Found in the topic Invitation.

"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it."
Found in the topic Logic.

Interesting Quotes

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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.Groucho Marx - US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977)