Rabindranath Tagore Quotes (65+)

Enjoy the best Rabindranath Tagore Quotes. Quotations by Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Polymath and Nobel Laureate)
May 07, 1861 - Aug 07, 1941

Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

We live in this world when we love it.

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

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

The only way to cleanse our hearts is to forgive and let go.

The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person's solitude.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Let me light my lamp, says the star, And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness.

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

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.

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

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

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Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a legendary Indian poet, writer, and philosopher who became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A key figure in the Bengal Renaissance, his work reshaped Indian literature and music.