Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

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.

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

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.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.

Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

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.

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism the way you play it is free will.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

“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.”