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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUWhen the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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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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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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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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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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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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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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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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