Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore wrote mainly in Bengali and in 1913 became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His own English prose version of Gitanjali appeared in 1912 with an introduction by W. B. Yeats. He also wrote songs, plays and novels, and founded a school at Santiniketan.
I have had my invitation to this world’s festival, and thus my life has been blessed.
On the seashore of endless worlds children meet. The infinite sky is motionless overhead and the restless water is boisterous.
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; / Where knowledge is free;