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“At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.”
Contributed by: robert
Jawaharlal Nehru
“Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.”
“Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit”
“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.”
“Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.”
“Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.”
“It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening of custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving poor... Who indeed could afford to ignore science today? At every turn we have to seek its aid... The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.”
“A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.”
“The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds”
“Ignorance is always afraid of change.”