The journey of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan from a small village in Andhra Pradesh to the President of India is not just inspiring, but his life itself has immense lessons to teach us. In India, we celebrate Teacher’s Day on September 5 every year to commemorate Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan’s birthday for his impeccable contributions to the field of education.
Radhakrishnan began his career at Madras Presidency College as a faculty member in the department of philosophy. He also taught at various prestigious universities — the University of Calcutta, the University of Oxford, and the University of Mysore.
He was an evocative teacher who believed that “teachers should be the best minds in the country”
Here are the top 10 quotes from the man of honour, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan:
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Books are the means by which we build bridges between cultures.
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Tolerance is the homage which the finite mind pays to the inexhaustibility of the Infinite.
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The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past.
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The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.
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A life of joy and happiness is possible only on the basis of knowledge and science.
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All our world organizations will prove ineffective if the truth that love is stronger than hate does not inspire them.
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Knowledge gives us power, love gives us the fullness.
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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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My ambition is not only to chronicle but to interpret and reveal the movement of the mind and unfold the sources of India in the profound plane of human nature.
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True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.
