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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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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Commitment Crime Greatness Kill Performance Possible Religion
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Change Human Life
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
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
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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Attitude Enough Goodness
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Action Myself Right Satisfaction
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Action Direction End
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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Be Yourself Opinion People Thinking
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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Greatness Policy Risk Wisdom
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.
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History Victory Writing
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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History Human Mindset Spirit Struggle
I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.
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Beginning Myself Old Problem
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Afraid Change Ignorance One Liner
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Democracy End
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

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