Life Quotes
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."— Rabindranath Tagore
Download in different sizes
Meaning of this quote
Fixation on one lost source of happiness can obscure other sources of beauty or hope.
Key takeaway:
Give grief room while remaining open to what is still present.
Origin of the quote
Stray Birds (1916), poem 6.
Who actually said this?
Expanded rewording of Stray Birds, poem 6, which concerns missing the sun and stars.
Source:
Stray Birds (1916)
