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If you shut the door to all errors,
truth will be shut out.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Related topics: Wisdom
Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I leave no trace of wings in the air,
but I am glad I have had my flight.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Trees are the earth's endless effort
to speak to the listening heaven.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Faith is the bird that feels the light
and sings when the dawn is still dark.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
You can't cross the sea merely by
standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Everything comes to us that belongs to us
if we create the capacity to receive it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Death is not extinguishing the light;
it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
- Rabindranath Tagore
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life,
your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment.
It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
From the solemn gloom of the temple
children run out to sit in the dust,
God watches them play and forgets the priest.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
- Rabindranath Tagore
We come nearest to the great
when we are great in humility.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle.
It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.
- Rabindranath Tagore
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate:
he who loves finds the door open.
- Rabindranath Tagore
We try to realize the essential unity of the world
with the conscious soul of man;
we learn to perceive the unity held together
by the one Eternal Spirit,
whose power creates the earth, the sky, and the stars,
and at the same time irradiates our mind.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
with a grip that kills it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us.
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
We live in the world when we love it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The flower which is single need not envy
the thorns that are numerous.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless when facing them.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love's gift cannot be given,
it waits to be accepted.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love ... waits to be accepted.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Don't limit a child to your own learning,
for he was born in another time.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Do not say, "It is morning,"
and dismiss it with a name of yesterday.
See it for the first time
as a newborn child that has no name.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I have become my own version of an optimist.
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.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time
like dew on the tip of a leaf.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Those who own much have much to fear.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is an endless mystery,
for it has nothing else to explain it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The meaning of our self is not to be found
in its separateness from God and others,
but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union.
- Rabindranath Tagore
A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
- Jesus of Nazareth (John 13:34)
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha
Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous
A well-developed sense of humor
is the pole that adds balance to your steps,
as you walk the tightrope of life.
- William Arthur Ward
People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
Thank you, that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart
Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.
- Native American traditional
If you want to make peace with your enemy,
you have to work with your enemy.
Then he becomes your partner.
- Nelson Mandela
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
- Irish Blessing
The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
- Joseph Campbell
You may call God love, you may call God goodness.
But the best name for God is compassion.
- Meister Eckhart
Choose the World You See,
and See the World You Choose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
If you want to be happy, be.
- Leo Tolstoy
You are never too old to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis
Faith is taking the first step,
even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
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