Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe future has to be lived before it can be written about.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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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.
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History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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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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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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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 perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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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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The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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