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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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Humble Thinking Truth
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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Be Yourself Opinion People Thinking
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Failure Ourselves Weakness
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
I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.
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Beginning Myself Old Problem
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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Beginning Books Religion Thinking Time World
What we need is a generation of peace.
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Need Peace
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Life Person Talk Virtue
A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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Animal Country
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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Friendship Future Science
I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
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Attachment Greatness Importance Myself Power
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.
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Ambition Beyond Eyes Greatness Man Suffering Tears
Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Peace People
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
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Opinion Truth

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