Rabindra Jayanti Quotes In English

Rabindra Jayanti Quotes In English

50 quotes by Rabindranath Tagore translated into English to celebrate Rabindra Jayanti:

1. "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high..."

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

3. "Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them."

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

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

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

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

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

9. "Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it."

10. "The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition."

11. "By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower."

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

13. "Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted."

14. "Those who own much have much to fear."

15. "The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words that are clear; the great truth has great silence."

16. "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."

17. "The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."

18. "The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous."

19. "Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."

20. "Every person is a new door to a different world."

21. "Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it."

22. "We gain freedom when we have paid the full price for our right to live."

23. "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

24. "Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted."

25. "He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good."

26. "The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument."

27. "The world speaks to me in colors, my soul answers in music."

28. "Age considers; youth ventures."

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

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

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

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

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

34. "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."

35. "The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness."

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

37. "I have become my own version of an optimist. 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."

38. "Love is not a mere impulse; it must contain truth, which is law."

39. "Man's history is waiting in patience for the triumph of the insulted man."

40. "The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself."

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

42. "The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth, and the music of the air."

43. "The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union."

44. "I have become my own version of an optimist. 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."

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

46. "The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail."

47. "Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."

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

49. "We gain freedom when we have paid the full price for our right to live."

50. "The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful."

Rabindra Jayanti Quotes In English