Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUChildren are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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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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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
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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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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.
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A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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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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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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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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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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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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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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History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
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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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