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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.

Jawaharlal Nehru

You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Nation Woman Yourself
Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
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Extraordinary Prison Value View Walk
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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Accident Born Education Identity Myself View
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
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
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
No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Country Fear Mental People Slave
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
America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Country Time Travel
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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Action Leadership Men Reason Thinking
What we need is a generation of peace.
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Need Peace
Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
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Flower Freedom Growth Need Ourselves Tears
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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Be Yourself Opinion People Thinking
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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Danger Person Quiet
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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Commitment Crime Greatness Kill Performance Possible Religion
Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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Deep Law Remember
The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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Life Light Live Ourselves See Truth World Wrong
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
You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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Change Face History Yourself
Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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Danger Poor Prosperity
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Action Direction End
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
A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
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Forget Greatness Life Remember Thinking
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Opinion Truth
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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Adventure End Eyes Inspirational Life Seek Wonderful World
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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Efficient Existence Material
Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Agriculture Food Wait

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