Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPeace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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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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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country’s spirit.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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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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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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