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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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
Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Agriculture Food Wait
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
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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Action Leadership Men Reason Thinking
The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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Future Live Writing
Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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Danger Poor Prosperity
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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Achievement Action Feeling Oneself Time
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Death Defeat Preparation
I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Myself Rule
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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Beginning Books Religion Thinking Time World
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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Efficient Existence Material
The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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Life Light Live Ourselves See Truth World Wrong
A man who is afraid will do anything.
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Afraid Man One Liner Reaction
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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Action Mistake Ourselves Talk
Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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Act Courage Ideal Life
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

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