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Religion Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

20 Religion quotes by Rabindranath Tagore

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Tagore’s 20 lines float like verses, merging the sacred with the natural world. He invites contemplation of the divine through poetry, offering a serene, almost musical perspective on faith. The collection feels like a quiet walk through a garden of spiritual thought.

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“I shall not commit the grievous sin of losing faith in Man”

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The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek…

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The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness…

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I believe in a spiritual world - not as anything separate from this world - but as its innermost truth. With the…

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The human soul is on its journey from the law to love, from discipline to liberation, from the moral plane to the…

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If religion, instead of being the manifestation of a spiritual ideal, gives prominence to scriptures and external rites, then does it disturb…

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Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and…

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“But when physical appearance evades the scrutiny of our senses and enters the sanctuary of our hearts, then it can forget itself.…

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For the current of our spiritual life creeds, rituals and channels that may thwart or help, according to their fixity or openness.…

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Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation;…

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Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects…

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The higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is its deepest truth; which claims all its…

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“Such lavish devotion made me proud to think that the wealth was all my own which drove you to my gate. But…

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“The religion that only comes to us from external scriptures never becomes our own; our only tie with it is that of…

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“I have felt that you have been able to assimilate these secrets into your life, and the truth which lies in the…

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We try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul of man; we learn to perceive the unity…

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The realization of our soul has its moral and its spiritual side. The moral side represents training of unselfishness, control of desire;…

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All men have poetry in their hearts, and it is necessary for them, as much as possible, to express their feelings. For…

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“Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects…

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The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek…

Rabindranath Tagore

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From the grasses in the field to the stars in the sky, each one is doing just that; and there is such profound peace…

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If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

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Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go…

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The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

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Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.

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If it is necessary to die in order to live like men, what harm in dying?

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“Strong Mercy: My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; and this strong mercy…

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The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.

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The movement of life has to rest in its own music.

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It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.

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“There, display and extravagance, in dress, in furniture, in costly entertainments, are startling. They seem to push you back into a corner, like a…

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