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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUEvil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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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.”
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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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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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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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There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
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People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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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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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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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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