"We cannot see Beauty till we let go our hold of it. It was Buddha who conquered the world, not Alexander - this is untrue when stated in dry prose - o...












By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
More Rabindranath Tagore quotes
"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
"Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
"The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
"Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the Universal Being; Truth the perfect comprehension of the Universal Mind. We individuals appro...
"To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
"If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
"Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
"I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart.
"In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if we stop at that point and concern ourselv...
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
"If only they let me, I'll go right into the dense forest where you can't find your way. And where the honey-sipping hummingbird rocks himself on the e...