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
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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.
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
A theory must be tempered with reality.
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Great causes and little men go ill together.
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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.
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
