A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUI am the last Englishman to rule in India.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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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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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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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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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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