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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

Jawaharlal Nehru

You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Change Face History Yourself
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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Absence Mindset Nation Peace Relationship Soul War
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Fear Friendship Past Truth
The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.
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Boundary Democracy Equality Greatness Revolution
The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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Future Live Writing
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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Genius Greatness Language Live Poetry
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Action Direction End
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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Freedom Game Hands Life Play Willing Yourself
America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Country Time Travel
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Life Science Value
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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Danger Person Quiet
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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Future Myself Ocean Past Present River
Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Resistence Weakness
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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Attitude Enough Goodness
Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Agriculture Food Wait
Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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Life Problem Science
Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
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Care Children Citizenship Flower Future Love Nation
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Change Human Life
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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Ambition Beyond Eyes Greatness Man Suffering Tears
India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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Choice Face Problem
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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Comfortable Leadership Thinking Trouble
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Greatness Loyalty Recognition
Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Greatness Man Sick Togetherness
I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
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Attachment Greatness Importance Myself Power
History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
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History Human Mindset Spirit Struggle
There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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Action Scare Stupidity

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