There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
INDIRA GANDHIYou must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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I have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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