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Teachers' Day: 10 inspirational quotes by Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan that inspire us even today

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Sep 5, 2019, 14:57 IST
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Dr S.Radhkrishnan

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President and Second President of independent India. He needs little introduction as he was one of the greatest nationalists and educationists that India has ever produced.
He had a long teaching career and he was also the author of several popular books. On the occasion of his birth anniversary that India celebrates as Teacher's Day, here's a list of some of his well known quotes that inspire us even today.
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On tolerance

Tolerance is the homage which the finite mind pays to the inexhaustibly of the Infinite
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On the importance of our roots

We must recall humanity to those moral roots from which both order and freedom spring.
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On love and knowledge

Knowledge gives us power, love gives us the fullness
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On true teachers

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves
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On how time can change us

The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past.
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On the God within us

God lives, feels and suffers in every one of us, and in course of time, His attributes, knowledge, beauty and love will be revealed in each of us
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On literary people

A literary genius, it is said, resembles all, though no one resembles him
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On the gift of life

To look upon life as an evil and treat the world as delusion is sheer ingratitude
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On progress

Human life as we have it is only the raw material for Human life as it might be
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On the value of books

Books are the means by which we build bridges between cultures.

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