There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Great causes and little men go ill together.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

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

- Jawaharlal Nehru