Rabindranath Tagore Quotes

Everyone chases a bit of what they say life is about: money, desire... But when you stop chasing, you realise life is a rhythm and it's very peaceful, very quiet. You see, it's quite a miracle.

Love the life you have been given. And be humbled by it. It is not to be despised.

If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.

I'm not perfect, but I think that I've done good to stay focused on what I'm called to do.

Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

Makes us appreciate blessing, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus.

What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

Do not try to be special. If you are simply ordinary, more ordinary than others, you will become extraordinary.

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.

As Carol Dweck says, “Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it. It would be an impoverished existence if you were not willing to value things and commit yourself to working toward them.

All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power, but the contentments made by men who have had little: the fisherman's silence receiving the river's grace, the gardener's musing on rows.

We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.

I'm very happy with what the gods have given me. I take life as she presents herself to me, and whatever you see in my face is what I have earned.

With my Les Paul, I know I'm small. But I enjoy living anyway.

I just take every day is a miracle and I'm really glad that I'm still working and that people are not sick of me, even though even I'm sick of me a little bit.