Jawaharlal Nehru

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

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

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

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.

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

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

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

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

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

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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