Top 40 Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2025 quotes in English and Bengali for social media
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2025: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2025 is celebrated on May 9, following the Bengali calendar. It marks the birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, India's Nobel laureate poet, philosopher, and cultural icon. Tagore is known for his deep contributions to literature, music, and art. His legacy continues to inspire people across India and around the world.
On this day, many share heartfelt quotes in English and Bengali. Instagram captions and WhatsApp statuses are also used to honour his timeless wisdom. This collection of the top 40 Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti quotes is perfect for sharing on social media in 2025 to keep his spirit alive.
Top 10 Rabindranath Tagore quotes in English
'You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.'
'If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.'
'Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.'
'The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.'
'Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.'
'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.'
'The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.'
'Love is an endless mystery because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.'
'The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.'
Best Rabindranath Tagore quotes in Bengali (রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের সেরা ১০ উক্তি)
'কেবলমাত্র সামনে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকলে বা জলের দিকে তাকিয়ে থাকলে সমুদ্র পার হওয়া সম্ভব নয়।'
'সুখী হওয়া খুব সহজ, কিন্তু সহজ হওয়া খুব কঠিন।'
'ভুল করার সকল দরজা যদি বন্ধ করে দাও, তা হলে ঠিক করার রাস্তাও বন্ধ হয়ে যায়।'
'অধিকার ছাড়িয়া দিয়া অধিকার ধরিয়া রাখার মতো বিড়ম্বনা আর হয় না।'
'নিন্দা করতে গেলে বাইরে থেকে করা যায়, কিন্তু বিচার করতে গেলে ভিতরে প্রবেশ করতে হয়।'
'মানুষের মধ্যে দ্বিজত্ব আছে; মানুষ একবার জন্মায় গর্ভের মধ্যে, আবার জন্মায় মুক্ত পৃথিবীতে।'
'প্রহর শেষের আলোয় রাঙা সেদিন চৈত্রমাস তোমার চোখে দেখেছিলাম আমার সর্বনাশ।'
'মাটির বন্ধন থেকে মুক্তি, গাছের ক্ষেত্রে কখনই স্বাধীনতা হয়না।'
'মানুষ পণ করে, পণ ভেঙ্গে ফেলে হাঁফ ছাড়ার জন্য।'
'অতীতকাল যত বড় কালই হোক, নিজের সম্বন্ধে বর্তমান কালের একটা স্পর্ধা থাকা উচিত।'
Inspirational Rabindranath Tagore quotes for Jayanti
'That side of our existence whose direction is towards the infinite that seeks not wealth, but freedom and joy.'
'Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.'
'Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.'
'The real friendship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darkened.'
'Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.'
'Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love.'
'A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame.'
'The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.'
'The greed for fruit misses the flower.'
'We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.'
Rabindranath Tagore quotes on life and wisdom
'I have spent a fortune travelling to distant shores and looked at lofty mountains and boundless oceans, and yet I haven't found time to take a few steps from my house to look at a single dewdrop on a single blade of grass.'
'It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.'
'A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.'
'Let this day be a tribute to the legend who turned words into paintings and dreams into poetry.'
'May the melody of Rabindra Sangeet and the power of Tagore's words uplift your spirit today and always.'
'On this Tagore Jayanti, let us re-read his poetry and rediscover the beauty of language and thought.'
'May Rabindranath Tagore's music, poetry, and vision continue to guide our hearts and minds.'
'The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.'
'Let us honour the poet of peace, the voice of unity, and the dreamer of freedom.'
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