Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUIt is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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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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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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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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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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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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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.
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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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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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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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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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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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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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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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