Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country’s spirit.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUIndia cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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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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The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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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.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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