Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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Painter
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Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861-1941)

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Born

May 7, 1861

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Died

August 7, 1941

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Birthplace

Kolkata

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Nationality

British Raj

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Spouse(s)

Mrinalini Devi
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Children

Rathindranath Tagore
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"If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out."
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"To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth."
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"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."
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"Age considers; youth ventures."
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"Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it."
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"Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law."
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"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."
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"Facts are many, but the truth is one."
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"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come."
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"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time."
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"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."
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"Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young."
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"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."
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"In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects."
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"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them."
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"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."
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"Music fills the infinite between two souls."
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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
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"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."
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"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."
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"We live in the world when we love it."
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"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."
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