Rabindranath Tagore

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”

“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”

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

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

“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”

“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.”

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

“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”

“The small truth has words that are clear; the great truth has great silence.”

“The main object of teaching is not to give explanations, but to knock at the doors of the mind.”

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

“We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.”

“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

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

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”

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

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high...”

“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”