Inspiration and meaningful work
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
— Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Stray Birds (1916), 184

Inspiration and meaningful work

What it means

It is possible to be so busy doing good that we neglect being good. Tagore warns against letting activity replace character.

About the author

Rabindranath Tagore — Indian polymath (1861–1941).

Source and verification

Source
Stray Birds (1916), 184
Reference
Rabindranath Tagore on Wikiquote
Checked
Wording and source taken from the sourced section of the author’s Wikiquote page, which cites the work given here (accessed 2026-10-11).
Copyright
Public domain: the author died in 1941.

The explanation above is ToDoMatriX’s own reading of the quote, not the author’s words.

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