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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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Action Mistake Ourselves Talk
Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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Absence Mindset Peace War
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Failure Ourselves Weakness
Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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Danger Poor Prosperity
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
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
I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.
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Beginning Myself Old Problem
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Force Thinking
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Change Human Life
You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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Change Face History Yourself
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Control Himself Man Peace
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
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Action Leadership Men Reason Thinking
In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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Commitment Crime Greatness Kill Performance Possible Religion
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Life Person Talk Virtue
Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
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Extraordinary Prison Value View Walk
Blood 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.
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Flower Freedom Growth Need Ourselves Tears

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