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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe 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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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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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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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 policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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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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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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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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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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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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