Rabindranath Tagore Quotes

“My husband used to say, that man and wife are equal in love because of their equal claim on each other. I never argued the point with him, but my heart said that devotion never stands in the way of true equality; it only raises the level of the...”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

“Let those who are snake-charmers play with snakes; if harm comes to them, they are prepared for it. But these boys are so innocent, all the world is ready with its blessing to protect them. They play with a snake not knowing its nature, and when...”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:danger

“You must come to violent conflicts and make a noise in order to produce your sparks. But their disconnected flashes merely assist your pride, and not your clear vision.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:pride

“I really did think at one time that I was on the verge of becoming a poet, but Providence was kind enough to save me from that disaster.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:poetry

“If one had to fill in, little by little, the gap between day and night, it would take an eternity to do it. But the sun rises and the darkness is dispelled—a moment is sufficient to overcome an infinite distance.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

“Purity, they imagined, was only becoming in those on whom fortune had not smiled. It is the moon which has room for stains, not the stars.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:stars

“God may grant us gifts, but the merit of being able to take and hold them must be our own. Alas for the boons that slip through unworthy hands!”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:worth

“To tyrannize for the country is to tyrannize over the country.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:tyranny

“If my heart is breaking—let it break! That will not make the world bankrupt—nor even me; for man is so much greater than the things he loses in this life. The very ocean of tears has its other shore, else none would have ever wept.”

― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World

topic:loss

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