When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRULet us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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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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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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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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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
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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.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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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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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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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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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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