Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUBy 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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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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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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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
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The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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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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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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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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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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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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