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Those who boast are seldom the great.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
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Greatness Need Revolution Right
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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Absence Mindset Nation Peace Relationship Soul War
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Control Himself Man Peace
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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Comfortable Leadership Thinking Trouble
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Destruction Existence Philosophy
Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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Absence Mindset Peace War
India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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Choice Face Problem
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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Mindset Restriction Spirit
When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Enemy Liability Yourself
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Action Direction End
When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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Inspirational Past Present
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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Dangerous Energy Harm Hate Life Limitation Mindset Ourselves Truth
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Economy Force Poor Rich
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Force Thinking
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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Freedom Game Hands Life Play Willing Yourself
Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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Each Other Men People Thinking Word

Those who boast are seldom the great.

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