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- “The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Ignorance is always afraid of change.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “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.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Citizenship consists in the service of the country.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Socialism is… not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “A theory must be tempered with reality.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Every little thing counts in a crisis.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “Great causes and little men go ill together.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.” – Jawaharlal Nehru