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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Details about Jawaharlal Nehru's life are scarce, but their observations have traveled far and wide. Whether reflecting on Peace or History, Jawaharlal Nehru brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Our collection holds 19 quotes from Jawaharlal Nehru, each offering a different angle on Peace, History, Change, War, and Truth. One quote that captures their voice: "The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order."

“The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Peace

All Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Change

“The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Peace

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Fear

“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

Beauty

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Time

“The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Attitude

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Truth

“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

Age

“Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Dreams

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Home

“Ignorance is always afraid of change.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Change

“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

Peace

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Failure

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

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Society