When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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The 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.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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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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Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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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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The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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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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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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The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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