The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUFacts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
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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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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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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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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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I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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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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Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
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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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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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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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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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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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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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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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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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