By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUCulture 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 a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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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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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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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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India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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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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As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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