I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian.
In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.
The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion.
For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others’ religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world’s religions is a sacred duty.
Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
True meditation consists in closing the eyes and ears of the mind to all else except the object of one’s devotion. Hence closing of eyes during the prayers is an aid to such concentration.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one’s own religion.
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
One’s own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one’s Maker and no one else’s.
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
