Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThere is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
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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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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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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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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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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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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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