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> [“I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious ceremonies performed for me after my death. I do not believe in such ceremonies, and to submit to them, even as a matter of form, would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/i-wish-to-declare-with-all-earnestness-that-i-do-not-want-any/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

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## More by Jawaharlal Nehru

> [“Without that passion and urge, there is a gradual oozing out of hope and vitality, a settling down on lower levels of existence, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/without-that-passion-and-urge-there-is-a-gradual-oozing-out-of-hope/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/by-education-i-am-an-englishman-by-views-an-internationalist-by/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/what-we-really-are-matters-more-than-what-other-people-think-of-us/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [If the world suffers from mental deterioration or from moral degradation, then something goes wrong at the very root of civilization or culture. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/if-the-world-suffers-from-mental-deterioration-or-from-moral/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Great causes and little men go ill together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/great-causes-and-little-men-go-ill-together/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/it-is-now-clear-that-science-is-incapable-of-ordering-life-a-life-is/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Success comes to those who dare and act; it seldom goes to the timid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/success-comes-to-those-who-dare-and-act-it-seldom-goes-to-the-timid/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/there-is-nothing-more-horrifying-than-stupidity-in-action/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/i-do-not-attach-much-importance-to-america-s-bombs-i-attach/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Ignorance is always afraid of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/ignorance-is-always-afraid-of-change/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/at-the-dawn-of-history-india-started-on-her-unending-quest-and/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/it-is-far-better-to-know-our-own-weaknesses-and-failures-than-to/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [“Time is not measured by the passing of yaers but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/time-is-not-measured-by-the-passing-of-yaers-but-by-what-one-does/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere following Gandhi's assassination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/the-light-has-gone-out-of-our-lives-and-there-is-darkness-everywhere/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/democracy-and-socialism-are-means-to-an-end-not-the-end-itself/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

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