My Collection of India's First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. 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. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.
-Jawaharlal Nehru,
Tryst With Destiny address to the Constituent Assembly of India in New Delhi on the night of August 14th and 15th, 1947
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels and what one achieves.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
A theory must be tempered with reality.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
Great causes and little men go ill together.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized, on this earth, capable of becoming true man, 'master of his fate and captain of his soul'.
-Jawaharlal Nehru