Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Death Anniversary: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 49th Death Anniversary: Today, we commemorate the 49th death anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a highly esteemed Indian philosopher, politician, and statesman.
He served as India’s first Vice President and second President from 1962 to 1967. Since 1962, his birthday has been celebrated as Teachers’ Day in India.
Radhakrishnan held prestigious positions such as the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta and the Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford and has received numerous accolades throughout his life, including a knighthood in 1931, the Bharat Ratna in 1954, and honorary membership in the British Royal Order of Merit in 1963.
Radhakrishnan’s contributions to Indian society and the world have left a significant impact. As his legacy continues to inspire contemporary thought and practice in India and beyond, let us reflect on some of his most inspirational quotes to remember and honour him.
Powerful quotes by Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1. Knowledge gives us power, love gives us fullness.
2. Books are the means by which we build bridges between cultures.
3. The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.
Quote by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
5. The end product of education should be a free, creative man who can battle against historical circumstances and adversities of nature.
6. 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.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
8. True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.
9. Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of its limitations and its unworthiness to become the ideal civilization of the world.
Quote by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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