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

Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru

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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.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences...

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences...

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...

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

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

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...

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and...

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and...

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

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

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be...

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be...

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences...

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences...

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the...

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.