Mahatma Gandhi

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

One’s own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one’s Maker and no one else’s.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one’s own religion.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

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.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.