A theory must be tempered with reality.

Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru

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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes

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

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

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me...

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me...

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on...

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on...

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

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

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us...

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social...

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social...

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

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

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place...

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place...