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

Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Topics: Motivation Quotes, Will Quotes

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.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was...

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was...

Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of...

Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of...

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

Our creation is the modification of relationship.

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

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...

Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth...

Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth...

The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God...

The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God...

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...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

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...

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The...

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The...

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

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

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

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

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.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back...

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back...

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the...

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the...