There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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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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I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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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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Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
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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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As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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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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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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