It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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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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 future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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History 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.
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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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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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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.
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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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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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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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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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