There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUCulture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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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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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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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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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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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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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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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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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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