Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan quotes - page 3

Here we are Putting in the very centre the white, the white of the Sun's rays. The white means the path of light. (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
We cannot attain purity, we cannot gain our goal of truth, unless we walk in the path of virtue. The Asoka's wheel represents to us the wheel of the Law, the wheel Dharma. View quote
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The success of art is measured by the extent to which it is able to render experiences of one dimension into terms of another. View quote
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There is life in movement. Our Dharma is Sanatana, eternal, not in the sense that it is a fixed deposit but in the sense that it is perpetually changing. Its uninterrupted continuity is its Sanatana character. View quote
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Conceptual expressions are tentative and provisional... [because] the intellectual account... are constructed theories of experience. View quote
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So long as this devil-dance does not disgust us, we cannot pretend to be civilized. View quote
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The Flag links up the past and the present. It is the legacy bequeathed to us by the architects of our liberty. View quote
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The East and the West are not so sharply divided as the alarmists would make us believe. View quote
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This flag tells us "Be ever alert, be ever on the move, go forward, work for a free, flexible, compassionate, decent, democratic society in which Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists will all find a safe shelter." Let us all unite under this banner and rededicate ourselves to the ideas our flag symbolizes. View quote
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Poetic truth is different from scientific truth since it reveals the real in its qualitative uniqueness and not in its quantitative universality. View quote
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Hinduism accepts all religious notions as facts and arranges them in the order of their more or less intrinsic significance. (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
To approve of warfare but criticize its methods, it has been well said is like approving of the wolf eating the lamb but criticizing the table-manners. War is war and not a game of sport to be played according to rules. View quote
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When we allow the use of force as the only argument to put down opposition, we cannot rightly discriminate between one kind of force and another. We must put down opposition by mobilizing all the forces at our disposal. View quote
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There is a sense of urgency, if not inevitability, about this. One cannot afford to be absolutely silent and the saints love because they cannot help it. View quote
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The presentation of facts in logical form contributes to a confusion between discovery and proof. View quote
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Among the races, religions, and nations which live side by side on the small globe, there is not that sense of fellowship necessary for good life. They rather feel themselves to be antagonistic forces. View quote
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Democracy has become confused with ignorance, lack of discipline, and low tastes. View quote
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In any critical situation the forward move is a creative act. View quote
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Intuition is a positive feeling of calm and confidence, joy and strength. Intuition is profoundly satisfying . It is peace, power and joy. View quote
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Intuition is a distinct form of experience. View quote
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The truths of the ṛṣis are not evolved as the result of logical reasoning or systematic philosophy but are the products of spiritual intuition, dṛṣti or vision. (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
We must respect our own dignity as rational beings and thus diminish the power of fraud. It is better to be free than be a slave, better to know than to be ignorant. View quote
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The provincial cultures of the past and the present have not always been loyal to the true interests of the human race. View quote
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Technique without inspiration, is barren. View quote
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Feeling the unity of himself and the universe, the man who lives in spirit is no more a separate and self-centered individual but a vehicle of the universal spirit. View quote
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