37 Quotes & Sayings By Jawaharlal Nehru

It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving people.. Who indeed could afford to ignore science today? At every turn we have to seek its aid.. The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science. Jawaharlal Nehru

Our lives are encumbered with the dead wood of this past; all that is dead and has served its purpose has to go. But that does not mean a break with, or a forgetting of, the vital and life-giving in that past. We can never forget the ideals that have moved our race, the dreams of the Indian people through the ages, the wisdom of the ancients, the buoyant energy and love of life and nature of our forefathers, their spirit of curiosity and mental adventure, the daring of their thought, their splendid achievements in literature, art and culture, their love of truth and beauty and freedom, the basic values that they set up, their understanding of life's mysterious ways, their toleration of other ways than theirs, their capacity to absorb other peoples and their cultural accomplishments, to synthesize them and develop a varied and mixed culture; nor can we forget the myriad experiences which have built up our ancient race and lie embedded in our sub-conscious minds. We will never forget them or cease to take pride in that noble heritage of ours. If India forgets them she will no longer remain India and much that has made her our joy and pride will cease to be. Jawaharlal Nehru

I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious ceremonies performed for me after my death. I do not believe in such ceremonies, and to submit to them, even as a matter of form, would be hypocrisy and an attempt to delude ourselves and others. Jawaharlal Nehru

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. Jawaharlal Nehru

The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. Almost always it seemed to stand for blind belief and reaction, dogma and bigotry, superstition, exploitation and the preservation of vested interests. Jawaharlal Nehru

A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fanciesthat have moulded them Jawaharlal Nehru

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit Jawaharlal Nehru

What the mysterious is I do not know. I do not call it God because God has come to mean much that I do not believe in. I find myself incapable of thinking of a deity or of any unknown supreme power in anthropomorphic terms, and the fact that many people think so is continually a source of surprise to me. Any idea of a personal God seems very odd to me. Jawaharlal Nehru

India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passionand abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age Jawaharlal Nehru

She was like some ancient palimpsest on which layer upon layer of thought and reverie had been inscribed , and yet no succeeding layer had completely hidden or erased what had been written previously. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline the sensations but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly to try to understand things. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

The basic fact of today is the tremendous. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determination the way you play it is free will. Jawaharlal Nehru

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objects and principles. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

A man who is afraid will do anything. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

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

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

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

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

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. Jawaharlal Nehru

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

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

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

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

Ignorance is always afraid of change. Jawaharlal Nehru

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere. Jawaharlal Nehru

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