Jawaharlal Nehru

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."

"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."

"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 fanciesthat have moulded them"

"There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action."

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will."

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

"Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system."

"It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving people... Who indeed could afford to ignore science today? At every turn we have to seek its aid... The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science."

"India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age"