A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUIgnorance is always afraid of change.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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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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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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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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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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