Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.
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Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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Essentially I am interested in this world, in this life, not in some other world or future life. Whether there is such a thing as soul, or whether there is survival after death or not, I do not know; and important as these questions are, they do not trouble me the least.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things of which we have thought too much. In his death he has reminded us of the big things of life, the living truth, and if we remember that, then it will be well with India.
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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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For the first time I began to think, consciously and deliberately of religion and other worlds. The Hindu religion especially went up in my estimation; not the ritual or ceremonial part, but it's great books, the 'Upnishads', and the 'Bhagavad Gita'.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Freedom and power bring responsibility.
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The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
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If in the modern world wars have unfortunately to be fought (and they do, it seems) then they must be stopped at the first possible moment, otherwise they corrupt us, they create new problems and make our future even more uncertain. That is more than morality; it's sense.
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence and holds the field.
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It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.