The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRULasting 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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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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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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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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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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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country’s spirit.
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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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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A tyrst with destiny – A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom.
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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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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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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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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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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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