Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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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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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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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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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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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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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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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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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
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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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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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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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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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