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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Jawaharlal Nehru

There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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Act Courage Ideal Life Oneself
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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Efficient Existence Material
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
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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Genius Greatness Language Live Poetry
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Afraid Change Ignorance One Liner
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Failure Ourselves Weakness
Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
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Extraordinary Prison Value View Walk
Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Greatness Man Sick Togetherness
America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Country Time Travel
Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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Deep Law Remember
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Fear Friendship Past Truth
The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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Art Mindset Mirror People True
Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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Comfortable Leadership Thinking Trouble
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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Humble Thinking Truth
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
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Democracy End

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