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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
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“Samay ruka nahin, hum kyon theher gaye?
Abhi toh hum chale hi nahin, phir kyun thak gaye?
Utho Pathik, mat bhramittho, dhoomil andhiyaare mein –
Shreshtha wohi jo ghira nahin ho kshanik nirasha mein –
Jago! Jago! Man mat behlao!
Ek Maseeha tum bhi ban jao!”
― Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant
Abhi toh hum chale hi nahin, phir kyun thak gaye?
Utho Pathik, mat bhramittho, dhoomil andhiyaare mein –
Shreshtha wohi jo ghira nahin ho kshanik nirasha mein –
Jago! Jago! Man mat behlao!
Ek Maseeha tum bhi ban jao!”
― Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant
“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother
of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition”
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of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition”
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“If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.”
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“The ancient covenant is in pieces; man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance. His destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.”
― Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology
― Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology
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