“Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.”— Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru's Speeches 1949-1953 (1954)Share
“Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.”— Jawaharlal NehruShare
“The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.”— Jawaharlal NehruShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare