Quotes from Jawaharlal Nehru

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

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.

I wish that more and more adventurous young men would give up the gun in favour of the camera.

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

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

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

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

What we need is a generation of peace.

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government.

Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.

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

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

History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence and holds the field.

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.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

A country is known by the way it treats its animals.

The wheel of change moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down.

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

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

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

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.