Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe 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.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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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.
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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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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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The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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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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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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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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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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