Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964. He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state: a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth14 November 1889
CityAllahabad, India
CountryIndia
It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life's course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
We can't encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
Often in history we see that religion, which was meant to raise us and make us better and nobler, has made people behave like beasts. Instead of bringing enlightenment of them, it has often tried to keep them in the dark; instead of broadening their minds, it has frequently made them narrow-minded and intolerant of others.
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit.
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
The Russians have been so sweet to me,
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism?the way you play it is free will.
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
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.
There is no end to the adventures we can have if we seek them with our eyes open.
Socialism is . . . not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.