18 quotes
Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964
“Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.”
"There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."
on Life
"I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."
on Identity
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism the way you play it is free will."
"Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes."
on Peace
"There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear."
on Fear
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determination the way you play it is free will."
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism the way you play it is free will."
"Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit"
on Culture
"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objects and principles."
on Wisdom
"Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them."
"You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall."
on History
"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles."
on Failure
"The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds."
on Art
"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."
on Truth
"Ignorance is always afraid of change."
"A man who is afraid will do anything."
"Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage."
