In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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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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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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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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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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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.
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A tyrst with destiny – A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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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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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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