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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUObviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
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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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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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People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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