“While God waits for his temple to be built of love, men bring stones.”

About Rabindranath Tagore

1861 – 1941

Bengali poet, novelist and composer, and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913).

“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.”

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”

“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”

“The spiritualization of sensuality is called love.”

“There is not love of life without despair about life.”

“The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.”