- By Prerna Targhotra
- Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:58 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Death Anniversary: The second former President of India, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a popular leader, socialist, philosopher and statesman. He is considered one of the best teachers in the country whose birth anniversary is celebrated as Teacher’s Day annually on September 5. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a Bharat Ratna recipient and the second ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He is also considered as one of the most influential and distinguished scholars of the 20th century. His death anniversary is observed in the country and remembered as a visionary philosopher of India. On the special day of his death anniversary, here are some quotes by the former President that will motivate you to live life in better ways.
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Motivational Quotes
"Tolerance is the homage which the finite mind pays to the inexhaustibility of the infinite."
“Knowledge gives us power, love gives us fullness."
"When we think we know we cease to learn.”
"Books are how we build bridges between cultures."
"The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves."
God lives, feels, and suffers in every one of us, and in the course of time, His attributes, knowledge, beauty and love will be revealed in each of us."
"True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice."
"Religion is behaviour and not mere belief."
A life of joy and happiness is possible only based on knowledge and science."
“The end-product of education should be a free creative man, who can battle against historical circumstances and adversities of nature."
“The main function of a university is not to grant degrees and diplomas but to develop the university spirit and advance learning. The former is impossible without corporate life, the latter without honours and postgraduates.”
“Discontent with the actual is the necessary precondition of every moral change and spiritual rebirth.”
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