Rabindranath Tagore
Indian poet, Nobel laureate
Sayings by Rabindranath Tagore
The modern man is alienated from nature.
The greatest truth is that which sets us free.
The modern world is a wilderness of concrete and steel.
The greatest wisdom is to know oneself.
The modern man has lost his connection to the divine.
The greatest joy is to give, not to receive.
The modern world is a trap of materialism.
The greatest freedom is to be free from fear.
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.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.