They were a strange people, these Mongols; highly efficient in some ways, and almost childish in other matters. Even their ferocity and cruelty, shocking as it was, has a childish element to it. It is this childishness in them, I think, that makes these fierce warriors rather attractive.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 225
Sri Jawaharlal Nehru: Frasi popolari (pagina 3)
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Chengiz is, without doubt, the greatest military genius and leader in history. Alexander and Caesar seem petty before him.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 216
His name was Theodosius, and he is called the Great, I suppose because he was great in destroying the old temples and the old statues of the gods and goddesses. He was not only strongly opposed to those who were not Christians: he was equally aggressive against Christians who were not orthodox according to his way of thinking. He would tolerate no opinion or religion of which he did not approve.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 139
The word Hun has become a terrible term of reproach. So also has the word Vandal. Probably these Huns and Vandals were rather coarse and cruel and did a lot of damage, but we must remember that all the accounts of them that we have got are from their enemies the Romans, and one can hardly expect them to be impartial.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 91
It is one of the wonders of history how the Jews, without a home or a refuge, harassed and persecuted beyond measure, and often done to death, have preserved their identity and held together for over 2000 years.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 85
Ashoka became an ardent Buddhist and tried his utmost to spread the Dharma. But there was no force or compulsion. It was only by winning men's hearts that he sought to make converts. Men of religion have seldom, very seldom, been as tolerant as Ashoka.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 63
I am afraid I am a little too fond of running down kings and princes. I see little in their kind to admire or do reverence to. But we are now coming to a man who, in spite of being a king and emperor, was great and worthy of admiration. He was Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 61
I imagine that probably Bengali, of all Indian languages, has gone furthest in developing contacts with the masses. Literary Bengali is not something apart from and far removed from the life of the people of Bengal. The genius of one man, Rabindra Nath Tagore, has bridged that gap between the cultured few and the masses, and today his beautiful songs and poems are heard even in the humblest hut. They have not only added to the wealth of Bengali literature but enriched the life of the people of Bengal, and made of their language a powerful medium of the finest literary expression in the simplest terms.
Origine: Eighteen months in India, p. 260
“È un modo di procedere indecoroso per un autore entrare in polemica con i suoi critici.”
For an author to enter into argument with his critics is an unbecoming procedure.
Origine: Eighteen months in India, p. 16
About religion I am quite convinced that there must be the most perfect freedom of faiths and observance. People can worship God in any of the thousand ways they like. Bit I also claim that freedom not to worship God if I so choose, and I also claim freedom to draw people away from what I consider superstition and unsocial practices.
Origine: Eighteen months in India, p. 13
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“La corrispondenza non dovrebbe mai diventare un dovere, altrimenti perde tutto il suo valore.”
13 giugno 1933; p. 40
Lettere a Krishna
12 dicembre 1940; pp. 101-102
Lettere a Krishna
18 settembre 1942; p. 125
Lettere a Krishna
Origine: Lo strano paese della falce e martello, p. 130