While as per the Gregorian calendar, Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, Rabindra Jayanti - the birth anniversary of the all-time great poet, writer, playwright, composer, and philosopher - is usually celebrated as per the Bengali Calendar. According to the Bengali Calendar, Tagore was born on 25 Baisakh and in 2024, it falls on May 8. (Pics: Pixabay, Freepik, Pexels)
On Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024, let's check out 10 powerful quotes by the Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore.
“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”
“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.”
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."
"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."
"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.”
“Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.”