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.”
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUHistory 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.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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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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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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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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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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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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