The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

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 fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or...

$Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or...$

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

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...

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the...

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the...

Those who own much have much to fear.

Those who own much have much to fear.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust,...

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust,...

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

We [poets] set men free from their desires.

We live in the world when we love it.

We live in the world when we love it.

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...

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See...

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See...

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive...

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive...

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.