Rabindranath Tagore

A mind that’s all logic is like a knife that’s all blade. It cuts the hand that wields it.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

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

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

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

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Age considers; youth ventures.

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

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

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

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

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

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

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

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

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

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