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

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

Deep Enough Moments Time

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I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, In life after life, in age after age, forever.

Age Life Myself True Love Yourself

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Never be afraid of the moments–thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

Fear Moments Sing Voice

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

Earth Effort. Listen End Heaven Tree

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

Beautiful Love Seek

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Never be afraid of the moments-thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

Afraid Moments Voice

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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Freedom Love Philosophy Prison

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Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Kind Man

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Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house – do not pass by like a dream.

Dream Friendship Home Myself

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

Carry Life Myself Nature Perspective Rain

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

Difficult Happiness Philosophy Simplicity

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I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

God Myself Right Willing Worship

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Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the afterglow of sunset at the margin of starry silence.

Myself Silence Sun Thinking

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We live in the world when we love it.

Live Love World

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Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house – do not pass by like a dream.

Best Dream Friendship Home

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when you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.

Death Joy Smile World Yourself

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Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.

Humanity Live Patriot Price Spiritual

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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