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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Jawaharlal Nehru

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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Inspirational Past Present
Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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Absence Mindset Peace War
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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Action Avoid Danger Distance People
Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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Cold Faith Fear Fight Generosity Logic Reason Trust Weapon
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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Bad Dangerous Fear Life
Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Agriculture Food Wait
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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Attachment Greatness Importance Myself Power
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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Achievement Action Feeling Oneself Time
Those who boast are seldom the great.
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Attitude Greatness One Liner
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Fear Friendship Past Truth
Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
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Freedom Justice Place
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Greatness Loyalty Recognition
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Dream Peace Worth
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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Act Afraid Dare Success
Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Resistence Weakness

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