Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Efficiency, Which, Material, Existing
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Nowhere, East, Queer, Mixture
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Change, Course, Turning, Portraits
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Failure, Forget, Ideals, Objectives
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Rich, Capitalist, Poorer, Richer
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Habit, Nation, Aggressor, Claim
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
Beauty, Wonderful, Them, Open
A theory must be tempered with reality.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Reality, Theory, Must, Tempered
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Only, Alternative, Coexistence
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Away, Himself, Very, Runs
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Only, Scientific, Social, Economic
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Measured, Feels, Does, Passing
Great causes and little men go ill together.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Men, Go, Causes, Little Men
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Not Good Enough, Purely, Consideration
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Peace, Favor, Gotten, Order
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Only, Later, Too, Escape
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
New, Nation, Which, Suppressed
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Humble, Think, Let Us, Entirely
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
End, Means, Itself, Socialism
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Training, Condition, Least, Requires
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Peace, Other, Ashes, Vanish
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Game, Play, Cards, Hand
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Will, Disappear, Your, Account
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
May, Efficient, Though, Bears
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Doing, Chief, Given, Defect
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Service, Country, Consists, Citizenship
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
Peace, Mind, Serenity, Peaceful
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
I Am, Itself, Convinced, Gives
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Being, Too, Cautious, Risk
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Person, Most, His, Virtuous
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
Leader, Always, Reasons, Thinks
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Crisis, Counts, Every, Little Thing
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Think, Crises, Occur, Force
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Bad, Nothing, Dangerous, Perhaps
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Effective, Directed, Ends, Action
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Think, Matters, Other, Us
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Say, Other, Because, Systems
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Mind, Spirit, Widening, Culture
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Art, Mirror, True, Minds
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Change, Afraid, Always, Ignorance
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