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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.

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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Force Thinking
There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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Action Scare Stupidity
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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Advice Generosity Job Yourself
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
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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Mind Spirit Spiritual
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Change Human Life
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
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
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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Act Afraid Dare Success
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
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Dream Peace Worth
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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Adventure Live Wonderful World
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
You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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Change Face History Yourself
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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Efficient Existence Material
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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Future Myself Ocean Past Present River

Most things, except agriculture, can wait.

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