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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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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Each Other Men People Thinking Word
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Opinion Truth
The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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Art Mindset Mirror People True
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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Dangerous Energy Harm Hate Life Limitation Mindset Ourselves Truth
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Economy Force Poor Rich
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Action Myself Right Satisfaction
You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Nation Woman Yourself
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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Ambition Beyond Eyes Greatness Man Suffering Tears
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
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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Mindset Restriction Spirit
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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Absence Mindset Nation Peace Relationship Soul War
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
No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Country Fear Mental People Slave
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Democracy End
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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Efficient Existence Material
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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Forget Greatness Life Remember Thinking

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