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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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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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I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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