If I was asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly that it is the Samskrit language and literature and all that it contains. This is a magnificent inheritance… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“Without that passion and urge, there is a gradual oozing out of hope and vitality, a settling down on lower levels of existence, a… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
If the world suffers from mental deterioration or from moral degradation, then something goes wrong at the very root of civilization or culture. Even… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Success comes to those who dare and act; it seldom goes to the timid. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I do not attach much importance to America's bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
