Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUOur chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUMost of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUUnity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUTo be successful in life what you need is education.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUTheoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThere is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUAs fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUOnly a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUI have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUHistory 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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPeople 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
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUBy education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUA leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUTo be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPlease remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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