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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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
Peace 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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Absence Mindset Nation Peace Relationship Soul War
Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Greatness Man Sick Togetherness
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Destruction Existence Philosophy
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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Each Other Men People Thinking Word
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Citizenship Country Service
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Life Person Talk Virtue
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Force Thinking
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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History Victory Writing
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Greatness Loyalty Recognition
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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Genius Greatness Language Live Poetry
Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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Life Problem Science
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Afraid Change Ignorance One Liner
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 future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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Future Live Writing

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