Rabindranath Tagore 1861 – 1941
Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, philosopher, musician, and educator and the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born into a prominent Bengali family, he reshaped Bengali literature and music and produced a vast body of work in poetry, fiction, drama, essay, and song. His philosophical writings, especially Sadhana and The Religion of Man, draw on the Upanishadic tradition to articulate a vision of the human person as the meeting place of the finite and the infinite. He founded the experimental school and later the international university at Santiniketan.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Indian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Vedanta, Indian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Rabindranath Tagore:
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
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Attributed to Rabindranath Tagore:
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
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Attributed to Rabindranath Tagore:
“The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.”
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Attributed to Rabindranath Tagore:
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.”
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Attributed to Rabindranath Tagore:
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”