You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Topics: Keep Trying Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language...

Obstacles are necessary companions to expression, and we know that the positive element in language...

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and...

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are...

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are...

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

The higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is...

The higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek...

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek...

We try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul of...

We try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul of...

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they...

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods

Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods