A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.

About This Quote

About Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru was prime minister of india from 1947 to 1964. Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
  • Soul — The inner self, consciousness, and spiritual essence

More quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

Related Quotes