There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUNo country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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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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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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To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
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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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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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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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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
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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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