To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUNo country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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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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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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Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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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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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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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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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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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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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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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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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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The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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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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