Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUTime is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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 forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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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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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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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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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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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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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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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 far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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