It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUAction 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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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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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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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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