At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.
Jawaharlal NehruOnly a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
Jawaharlal NehruYou don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
Jawaharlal NehruA 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.
Jawaharlal NehruWhat the mysterious is I do not know. I do not call it God because God has come to mean much that I do not believe in. I find myself incapable of thinking of a deity or of any unknown supreme power in anthropomorphic terms, and the fact that many people think so is continually a source of surprise to me. Any idea of a personal God seems very odd to me.
Jawaharlal Nehru