Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
“Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.”
“There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.”
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”
“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.”
“Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.”
“Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.”
“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.”
“Politics and Religion are obsolete. The time has come for Science and Spirituality.”
“Time is not measured by the passing of yaers but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.”
“There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
“Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit”
“Nationalism is essentially a group memory of past achievements, traditions, and experiences,”
“But, after all, no safeguards are adequate, unless the will to give effect to them fully is present.”
“Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit”
“A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.”
“There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open”
“But the ideal is terribly difficult to grasp or to hold.”
“I was taught by a great man, never to hate – and never to fear.”
“Schopenhauer says, ‘a man can do what he will, but not will as he will.”
“Whatever gods there be, there is something godlike in man, as there is also something of the devil in him.”
“If communism offends against a widespread national feeling, it will not be accepted.”
“Learning and knowledge make people think, and doubt and questioning are difficult companions for faith to have.”
“Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than fear itself”
“As Schopenhauer says, ‘a man can do what he will, but not will as he will.”
“Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.”