Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.
Rabindranath Tagore
Success, Peace, Love, Detachment, Happiness
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More Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
“Chastity is a wealth that comes from abundance of love.” Rabindranath Tagore
Chastity, Love, Abundance, Moral Values, Spirituality
Rabindranath Tagore Chastity, Love, Abundance, Moral Values, Spirituality“God never under any conditions binds His creation with fetters; He awakens it through constant changes to ever new life.” Rabindranath Tagore
Divinity, Freedom, Creation, Transformation, Spirituality
Rabindranath Tagore Divinity, Freedom, Creation, Transformation, Spirituality“Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.” Rabindranath Tagore
Freedom, Renunciation, Joy, Paradox, Personal Philosophy
Rabindranath Tagore Freedom, Renunciation, Joy, Paradox, Personal Philosophy“The night kissed the fading day With a whisper: “I am death, your mother, From me you will get new birth.”” Rabindranath Tagore
Death, Rebirth, Metaphor, Nature, Duality
Rabindranath Tagore Death, Rebirth, Metaphor, Nature, Duality“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.” Rabindranath Tagore
Logic, Balance, Intellect, Emotion, Metaphor
Rabindranath Tagore Logic, Balance, Intellect, Emotion, Metaphor“Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.” Rabindranath Tagore
Perfection, Nature, Gentleness, Transformation, Water’s Power
Rabindranath Tagore Perfection, Nature, Gentleness, Transformation, Water’s Power“I take pride in this great wall, and I plaster it with dust and sand lest a least hole should be left in this name; and for all the care I take I lose sight of my true being.” Rabindranath Tagore
Pride, Identity, Facade, Self-awareness, Irony
Rabindranath Tagore Pride, Identity, Facade, Self-awareness, Irony“The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.” Rabindranath Tagore
Strength, Weakness, Self-deception, Personal Integrity, True Strength
Rabindranath Tagore Strength, Weakness, Self-deception, Personal Integrity, True Strength“Day by day thou art making me worthy of the simple, great gifts that thou gavest to me unasked – this sky and the light, this body and the life and the mind – saving me from perils of overmuch desire.” Rabindranath Tagore
Gratitude, Simplicity, Gifts, Life, Self-improvement
Rabindranath Tagore Gratitude, Simplicity, Gifts, Life, Self-improvement“Your speech is simple, my Master, but not theirs who talk of you.” Rabindranath Tagore
Simplicity, Communication, Understanding, Spirituality, Perception
Rabindranath Tagore Simplicity, Communication, Understanding, Spirituality, Perception“The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.” Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Intimacy, Perception, Cosmic Connection, Metaphor
Rabindranath Tagore Love, Intimacy, Perception, Cosmic Connection, Metaphor“When you have once taken up a responsibility, you must see it through.” Rabindranath Tagore
Responsibility, Commitment, Integrity, Perseverance, Accountability
Rabindranath Tagore Responsibility, Commitment, Integrity, Perseverance, Accountability“To the guests that must go, bid God’s speed and brush away all traces of their steps.” Rabindranath Tagore
Farewell, Transition, Impermanence, Hospitality, Acknowledgment
Rabindranath Tagore Farewell, Transition, Impermanence, Hospitality, Acknowledgment“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.” Rabindranath Tagore
Abundance, Acceptance, Growth, Awareness, Freedom
Rabindranath Tagore Abundance, Acceptance, Growth, Awareness, Freedom“Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial dejection which thirsts for a stronger draught.” Rabindranath Tagore
Pessimism, Mental Health, Critique, Self-awareness, Psychology
Rabindranath Tagore Pessimism, Mental Health, Critique, Self-awareness, Psychology“Misery knocks at thy door, and her message is that thy lord is wakeful, and he calls thee to the love-tryst through the darkness of night. The sky is overcast with clouds and the rain is ceaseless. I know not what this is that stirs in me, – I know not its meaning. A moment’s flash of lightning drags down a deeper gloom on my sight, and my heart gropes for the path to where the music of the night calls me. Light, oh, where is the light?” Rabindranath Tagore
Misery, Darkness, Spiritual Call, Emotional Turmoil, Seeking Light
Rabindranath Tagore Misery, Darkness, Spiritual Call, Emotional Turmoil, Seeking Light“Even if she could have got so far without a quarrel, still there would have been a great hue and cry about the marriage itself. First, it never happened. Secondly, how could there be a marriage between a princess of the Warrior Caste and a boy of the priestly Brahman Caste? Her readers would have imagined at once that the writer was preaching against our social customs in an underhand way. And they would write letters to the papers.” Rabindranath Tagore
Class, Marriage, Societal Norms, Critique, Narrative
Rabindranath Tagore Class, Marriage, Societal Norms, Critique, Narrative“Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.” Rabindranath Tagore
Power, Gratitude, Oppression, Victimization, Political Commentary
Rabindranath Tagore Power, Gratitude, Oppression, Victimization, Political Commentary