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Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Quotes: Teacher’s Day in India is an occasion to express gratitude and recognise the contributions of teachers in shaping the future of their students.
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the second President of India.
Teachers’ Day Quotes Wishes: Every year, Teacher’s Day is celebrated in India on September 5 on the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a renowned scholar and the former President of India.
Dr Radhakrishnan was a renowned philosopher, scholar and academician. He served as the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. His immense contribution to nation-building as an educator and a statesman continues to inspire students and teachers even today.
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Teacher’s Day in India is an occasion to express gratitude and recognise the contributions of teachers in shaping the future of their students.
Born on September 5, 1888, in Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu, Dr Radhakrishnan went on to become India’s first Vice President and second President. However, he remained a teacher at heart. His vision for education was based on knowledge, ethics and creativity.
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Dr Radhakrishnan’s vision shaped the future of the academic world of India. He promoted education as an effective tool to develop free and rational thinking among students. In 1962, when a few of his students wanted to celebrate his birthday, he suggested observing the day as Teacher’s Day instead of lavish celebrations. Since then, it has become an annual event and an important occasion to recognise the contributions of teachers.
Inspiring Quotes by Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
On his birthday anniversary, let us read some of his most inspiring statements that are still relevant for today’s times:
- “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 the way in which we bridge cultures.”
- “The real teachers are the ones who make us think.”
- “God lives, feels, and suffers in every one of us, and in time His attributes, knowledge, beauty and love will become manifest in each of us.”
- “Real religion is a revolutionary force: an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.”
- “Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.”
- “A life of joy and happiness is possible only on the basis of 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 ultimate purpose of a university is not to produce degrees and diplomas but to create the spirit of the university and push forward education. The latter is unattainable without post-graduate and honours, the former without corporate life.”
- “Discontent with the existing is the indispensable condition of all moral change and spiritual regeneration.
- “The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is as good or bad as he imagines.”
- “Hinduism is not a religion. It is the harmony of reason and intuition which can not be explained but only lived. Evil and error are not final. There is no Hell, for that implies there is some place where God is not, and there are sins greater than his love.”
- “My desire is not merely to chronicle but interpret and expose the movement of the mind and unroll the sources of India in the deep plane of human nature.”
- “Love thy neighbour as thyself because you are your neighbour. It is an illusion that makes you imagine that your neighbour is somebody else.
- “The term Atman (Soul) is the “breath of life”. Atman is the law of man’s life, the Soul that permeates his existence, his breath, and his mind and goes beyond them.
- “Prior to building a secure civilization befitting mankind as a whole, it is essential that every historical civilization shall become aware of its limitations and its unfitness to be the ideal civilization of the world.
- “Man is a paradoxical being – the perpetual glory and shame of this world.”
- “We have no need to look for a cause or a motive or a purpose for that which is, in its nature, eternally self-existent and independent.”
- “The final self is sinless, ageless, deathless, sorrowless, hungerless and thirstless, which wants nothing and thinks nothing.
- “Teachers ought to be the best brains in the nation.”
- “A literary mastermind, so they say, is like all of us, yet no one is like him.”
- “Human life as we know it is only the material to work with for Human life as it could be.”
- “Reading a book develops the habit of solitary reflection and delight.”
Happy Teacher’s Day 2025 Wishes
- Wishing you a very Happy Teacher’s Day! Your guidance is the driving force behind our success.
- You’ve lit the spark of curiosity and nurtured our love for learning. Happy Teacher’s Day!
- Happy Teacher’s Day to the mentor who inspires us to give our best every day.
- Your constant support gives us the strength to move forward. Wishing you a Happy Teacher’s Day!
- Happy Teacher’s Day! You motivate us to reach greater heights with each passing day.
- We truly admire your hard work and commitment. Happy Teacher’s Day!
- Happy Teacher’s Day! Your impact goes well beyond the four walls of the classroom.
Dr. Radhakrishnan’s words prove his faith in equality, knowledge and spiritual development. On Teacher’s Day 2025, his legacy reminds us of the fact that teaching is not only a profession but the cornerstone of an equitable and enlightened society.
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