Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

“In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.”

“Art has no enemy except ignorance”

“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart”

“Civilizations fall; cultures are exterminated”

“Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.”

“Its ironic that in our culture everyones biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity.”

“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.”

“Adventure must start with running away from home”

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints”

“We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character”

“There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t.”

“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.”

“Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.”

“A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.”

“Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.”

“Time is not measured by the passing of years 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.

It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving people... 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.

Our lives are encumbered with the dead wood of this past; all that is dead and has served its purpose has to go. But that does not mean a break with, or a forgetting of, the vital and life-giving in that past. We can never forget the ideals that have moved our race, the dreams of the Indian people through the ages, the wisdom of the ancients, the buoyant energy and love of life and nature of our forefathers, their spirit of curiosity and mental adventure, the daring of their thought, their splendid achievements in literature, art and culture, their love of truth and beauty and freedom, the basic values that they set up, their understanding of lifes mysterious ways, their toleration of other ways than theirs, their capacity to absorb other peoples and their cultural accomplishments, to synthesize them and develop a varied and mixed culture; nor can we forget the myriad experiences which have built up our ancient race and lie embedded in our sub-conscious minds. We will never forget them or cease to take pride in that noble heritage of ours. If India forgets them she will no longer remain India and much that has made her our joy and pride will cease to be.