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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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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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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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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We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
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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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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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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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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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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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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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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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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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