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Quotes by Leader
"Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness."
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"To me technology used wisely is a catalyst to magically transforming the way we live."
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"I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect."
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"You measure a government by how few people need help."
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"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
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"Not ordinarily do men achieve this balance of opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The militant are not generally known to be passive, nor the passive to be militant. Seldom are the humble self-assertive, or the self assertive humble. ...truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis that reconciles the two."
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"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
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"Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul."
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"Attachment leads to suffering."
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"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."
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"To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it."
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"France has more need of me than I have need of France."
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"Technology empowers the less empowered. If there is a strong force that bring a change in the lives of those on the margins it is technology. It serves as a leveler and a springboard."
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"India is undergoing a profound social and economic change. A billion of its citizens are already politically empowered. My dream is to economically empower them through many social and economic transformations."
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"We are the people who believe in Vasudeva Kutumbakam...we want the world to move ahead with peace and prosperity."
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"It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life."
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"Our nations (India and USA) may have been shaped by differing histories, cultures, and faiths. Yet, our belief in democracy for our nations and liberty for our countrymen is common. The idea that all citizens are created equal is a central pillar of the American constitution. Our founding fathers too shared the same belief and sought individual liberty for every citizen of India."
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"No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy."
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"Time for phrases like 'Hota Hai-Chalta Hai' is now a matter of past. India is growing rapidly and the world has high expectations from us. We cannot let this opportunity go."
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"A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart."
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"Solitude is a catalyst for innovation."
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"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."
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"Violence of the tongue is very real- sharper than any knife."
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"It is not what we do it is how much love we put in the doing."
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"I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering."
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"I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development."
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"If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows."
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"I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me."
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"Economic growth cannot only be restricted to a few cities and a few citizens. Development has to be all-round and all-inclusive."
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"Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue."
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"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."
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"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people."
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