Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUBlood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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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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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 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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It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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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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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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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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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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