The poems about life, the poems about death, and the poems about love by Rabindranath Tagore are inspirational poems, which are as eternal as Time. One of the most popular Rabindranath Tagore poems is “Ora Kaj Kore” in Bengali or “They Work” in English. As the title suggests, the poem celebrates the never-fading existence, tireless contribution and unfathomable labor of working people all over the world. The sun rises and sets; one year ends and another begins; tomorrow becomes today and passes into yesterday; empires rise and fall; monuments are built and ruined. But, the global community of working people never ceases to exist. They work endlessly in a cycle, live at the bottom of economic heaps and continue pushing the wheels of civilization forward. They count many times more than the people from other reaches of the socio-economic ladder. Be it a festival or natural calamity, nothing deters them from daily wage. They are never at rest. Men at work are the unsung heroes of the world for generations. Indian Eagle pays tribute to men at work on Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday through the best quotes about life.
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“Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.”
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
“What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real.”
“From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.”
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
“Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.”
“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”
“We live in the world when we love it.”
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