The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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 art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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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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History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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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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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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