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"Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again."
"A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action."
"Ignorance is always afraid of change."
"The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. Almost always it seemed to stand for blind belief and reaction, dogma and bigotry, superstition, exploitation and the preservation of vested interests."
"You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall."
"Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes."
"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."
"All the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagine that it can live apart. Peace has been said to be indivisible, so is freedom, so is prosperity now, and so also is disaster in this one world that can no longer be split into isolated fragments."
"Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself."
"The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over."
"In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed."
"The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order."
"For the first time i began to think, consciously and deliberately of religion and other worlds. The Hindu religion especially went up in my estimation; not the ritual or ceremonial part, but it's great books, the "Upnishads," and the "Bhagavad Gita.""
"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."
"I am the last Englishman to rule in India."
"Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow."
"Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom."
"Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems."
"Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit."
"To be successful in life what you need is education."