Outwardly nature is busy and restless, inwardly she is all silence and peace. She has toil on one side and leisure on the other. You see her bondage only when you see her from without, but within her heart is a limitless beauty.
Rabindranath Tagore
Nature, Peace, Duality, External Appearance, Inner Beauty
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“Cannot choose the best. The best chooses me.” Rabindranath Tagore
Choice, Destiny, Self-discovery, Acceptance Of Fate, Higher Calling
Rabindranath Tagore Choice, Destiny, Self-discovery, Acceptance Of Fate, Higher Calling“Therefore the whole apparatus of piety, Hindu and Moslem alike – the temple and mosque, idol and holy water, scriptures and priests – were denounced by this inconveniently clear-sighted poet as mere substitutes for reality; dead things intervening between the soul and its love –.” Rabindranath Tagore
Religion, Spirituality, Reality, Love, Critique Of Institutions
Rabindranath Tagore Religion, Spirituality, Reality, Love, Critique Of Institutions“What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.” Rabindranath Tagore
Self-awareness, Identity, Perception, Psychology, Metaphor
Rabindranath Tagore Self-awareness, Identity, Perception, Psychology, Metaphor“The world has kissed my Soul with its pain, asking for its return in Songs.” Rabindranath Tagore
Suffering, Creativity, Art, Emotional Connection, Expression
Rabindranath Tagore Suffering, Creativity, Art, Emotional Connection, Expression“Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved.” Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Intimacy, Understanding, Connection, Truth
Rabindranath Tagore Love, Intimacy, Understanding, Connection, Truth“God finds himself by creating.” Rabindranath Tagore
Creation, Divinity, Self-discovery, Purpose, Cosmic Process
Rabindranath Tagore Creation, Divinity, Self-discovery, Purpose, Cosmic Process“Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!” Rabindranath Tagore
Spirituality, Faith, Introspection, Awakening, Critique
Rabindranath Tagore Spirituality, Faith, Introspection, Awakening, Critique“The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union; not on the side of the canvas where it is blank, but on the side where the picture is being painted.” Rabindranath Tagore
Self-discovery, Unity, Spirituality, Connection, Growth
Rabindranath Tagore Self-discovery, Unity, Spirituality, Connection, Growth“Why did the flower fade? I pressed it to my heart with anxious love, that is why the flower faded.” Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Fragility, Attachment, Beauty, Metaphor
Rabindranath Tagore Love, Fragility, Attachment, Beauty, Metaphor“He alone may chastise who loves.” Rabindranath Tagore
Love, Criticism, Relationships, Morality, Responsibility
Rabindranath Tagore Love, Criticism, Relationships, Morality, Responsibility“The traveller in the read-brown clothes that he wears that dust may not show upon him, the girl searching in her bed for the petals fallen from the wreath of her royal lover, the servant or the bride awaiting the master’s homecoming in the empty house, are images of the heart turning to God.” Rabindranath Tagore
Journey, Longing, Devotion, Imagery, Spirituality
Rabindranath Tagore Journey, Longing, Devotion, Imagery, Spirituality“Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.” Rabindranath Tagore
Fame, Truth, Humility, Authenticity, Inner Worth
Rabindranath Tagore Fame, Truth, Humility, Authenticity, Inner Worth“I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power, that the path before me was closed, that provisions were exhausted, and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity, but I find that thy will knows no end in me, and when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart, and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.” Rabindranath Tagore
Journey, Creativity, Renewal, Resilience, Discovery
Rabindranath Tagore Journey, Creativity, Renewal, Resilience, Discovery“Overstraining is the enemy of accomplishment. Calm strength that arises from a deep and inexhaustible source is what brings success.” Rabindranath Tagore
Calmness, Success, Overexertion, Strength, Achievement
Rabindranath Tagore Calmness, Success, Overexertion, Strength, Achievement“Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms.” Rabindranath Tagore
Joy, Tranquility, Spirituality, Self-awareness, Inner Peace
Rabindranath Tagore Joy, Tranquility, Spirituality, Self-awareness, Inner Peace“Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects in the school syllabus. It is the truth of our complete being, the consciousness of our personal relationship with the infinite.” Rabindranath Tagore
Religion, Spirituality, Consciousness, Truth, Personal Journey
Rabindranath Tagore Religion, Spirituality, Consciousness, Truth, Personal Journey“As in intellectual error, so in evil of any other form, its essence is impermanence, for it cannot accord with the whole. Every moment it is being corrected by the totality of things and keeps changing its aspect.” Rabindranath Tagore
Impermanence, Error, Growth, Change, Philosophy
Rabindranath Tagore Impermanence, Error, Growth, Change, Philosophy“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.” Rabindranath Tagore
Loss, Perspective, Sorrow, Hope, Emotional Insight
Rabindranath Tagore Loss, Perspective, Sorrow, Hope, Emotional Insight