It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThere is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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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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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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In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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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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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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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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