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
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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.
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.
When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities.
A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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.