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

Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru

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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...

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There...

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There...

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about...

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about...

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

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

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...