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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Jawaharlal Nehru

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
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Forget Greatness Life Remember Thinking
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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Beginning Books Religion Thinking Time World
When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Enemy Liability Yourself
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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Greatness Policy Risk Wisdom
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
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Death Defeat Preparation
Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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Danger Poor Prosperity
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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One Liner Worth
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Change Human Life
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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Boundary Democracy Equality Greatness Revolution
America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Country Time Travel
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
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Easy Escape Run
What we need is a generation of peace.
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Need Peace
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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Mindset Restriction Spirit
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
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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Flower Freedom Growth Need Ourselves Tears

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