7th May: Rabindranath Tagore

10 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore, born this date in 1861.

1. Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.
2. Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
3. You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
4. Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
5. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
6. Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
7. My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes.
8. He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
9. Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
10. Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.