Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality. Jawaharlal Nehru More Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru More Quotes From Jawaharlal Nehru A tyrst with destiny - A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom Jawaharlal Nehru destinychangesleep It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good. Jawaharlal Nehru human-lifeapproachfundamentals Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit. Jawaharlal Nehru fruitloyalmay The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future. Jawaharlal Nehru oceanmemorablepast There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. Jawaharlal Nehru dangerous-thingsdangerouslife No country or people who are slaves to dogma and the dogmatic mentality can progress, and unhappily our country and people have become extraordinarily dogmatic and little-minded Jawaharlal Nehru progresscountrypeople No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress. Jawaharlal Nehru progresscountrypeople The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. Jawaharlal Nehru agitationnot-good-enoughattitude Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work. Jawaharlal Nehru democracyhard-workproblem Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions. But crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. Jawaharlal Nehru advantagetroublethinking The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Jawaharlal Nehru richforcepoor History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence and holds the field. Jawaharlal Nehru fieldsviewsgiving Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. Jawaharlal Nehru fuel-efficiencyadvantagetype We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty and charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. So many people seem to go about their life's business with their eyes shut. Indeed, they object to other people keeping their eyes open. Unable to play themselves, they dislike the play of others. Jawaharlal Nehru eyeplayadventure Slogans are apt to petrify man's thinking ... every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throwT words at each other. Jawaharlal Nehru menpeoplethinking Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today.Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system. And because we have tolerated our past and present evils, international affairs are poisoned and law and justice have disappeared from them. Jawaharlal Nehru evillawpast Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them. Jawaharlal Nehru fightingfaithfear I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere. Jawaharlal Nehru mixtureseasthome In order to understand people, we have to understand their way of life and approach. If we wish to convince them, we have to use their language in the narrow sense of the mind. Something that goes even much further than that is not the appeal to logic and reason, but some kind of emotional awareness of the other people. Jawaharlal Nehru emotionalorderpeople If the world suffers from mental deterioration or from moral degradation, then something goes wrong at the very root of civilization or culture. Even though that civilization may drag out for a considerable period, it grows less and less vital and ultimately tumbles down. Jawaharlal Nehru sufferingrootscivilization
