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Rabindranath Tagore

1861 - 1941

Author, Playwright, Indian Poet, Musician, Composer Philosopher, Social Reformer and Painter

Rabindranath Tagore was famous for winning the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, writing the national anthems of India and Bangladesh, and transforming Bengali art and literature

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

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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

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Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward by outward beauty.

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If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door- or i’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

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

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Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.

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

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I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.

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Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.

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We cross infinity with every step; we meet eternity in every step.

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

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Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

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The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.

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The small wisdom is like water in a glass, clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Darkness Greatness Mystery Philosophy Sea Wisdom

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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

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Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.

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Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically.

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Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.

Heart Myself Pain

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

Darkness Faith Feeling Light

About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was famous for winning the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, writing the national anthems of India and Bangladesh, and transforming Bengali art and literature

Notable Works

Rabindranath Tagore’s top works include Gitanjali, a Nobel Prize-winning poetry collection on spiritual devotion, and the novels Gora and Ghare-Baire, which critique identity and nationalism. His short story Kabuliwala highlights universal human connection, while his play Dak Ghar symbolizes the soul's yearning for freedom. Together, these masterpieces define the Bengal Renaissance.

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