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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUFor 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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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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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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Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
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Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
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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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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 art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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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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A tyrst with destiny – A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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