A quote from Rabindranath Tagore about life

Quote

“The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.”

– Rabindranath Tagore, who in 1913 he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Rabindranath Tagore, full-length portrait, circa 1916
Rabindranath Tagore, circa 1916

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Rabindranath Tagore, full-length portrait, seated, facing front. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99403031/>.