Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUEvery great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
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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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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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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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Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
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The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.
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The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.
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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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