There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
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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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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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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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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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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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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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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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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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