“Not in hewn stones, nor in well-fashioned beams,
Not in the noblest of the builder's dreams,
But in courageous men of purpose great,
There is the fortress, there the living State.”
"The Bulwark of the State", as translated by James S. Easby-Smith
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“The stone that the builder refused shall be the head corner stone.”
I.13 Productive | Receptive, p. 33
1921 - 1930, Pedagogical Sketch Book, (1925)
Power Through Prayer.
“There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.”
“Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men.”
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
Address on receiving the Nehru Award (10 January 1977), published in Virginia Woolf Quarterly (1977), Vol. 3, p. 11; also quoted in The Signs of Language Revisited : An Anthology to Honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima (2000) edited by Karen Emmorey and Harlan L. Lane, p. 330; the last sentence is Inscribed in metallic lettering at the entrance of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California.
“All those large dreams by which men long live well
Are magic-lanterned on the smoke of hell.”
Source: This Last Pain' (1930), Line 21.
François Bernier, quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
Travels in the Mogul Empire (1656-1668)