Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.

I have the utmost respect for the different faiths professed by my fellow men.

I lead a multi-faith life.

… tolerance is essential to protect one's own religion and one's own deeply held religious beliefs from external manipulation or efforts to overcome them, perhaps from other religions that are pushing in the opposite direction. That is the basic reason for religious tolerance.

As there are a very great variety of religious sects in the world, it is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each faithfully adheres to the principles which he most approves, at the same time all shall think charitably of their neighbors respecting their religious opinions, and not presumptuously suppose that theirs alone are right.

I understand that not everyone shares my faith and some find it difficult to reconcile with their own beliefs.

So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

The varieties of religious belief are an advantage, since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a religious life. The more sects there are, the more opportunities there are for making a successful appeal to the divine instinct in all of us.

People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That's what makes America work.

God requireth not a uniformity of religion.

In my cabinet at the present moment there sit side by side Catholic and Protestant, Christian and Jew.

I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true.

One man's religion neither harms nor helps another man.

I like the pluralism of modernity; it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?

I respect every religion.

Religion is one tree with many branches. As branches, you may say, religions are many, but as a tree, religion is only one.

God has given us many faiths but only one world in which to co-exist. May your work help all of us to cherish our commonalities and feel enlarged by our differences.

Of publishing a book on religion, my dear sir, I never had an idea. I should as soon think of writing for the reformation of Bedlam, as of the world of religious sects. Of these there must be, at least, ten thousand, every individual of every one of which believes all wrong but his own.

Forget what you might have heard. There are no separate corps of angels for agnostics, atheists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists, Unitarians, Hindus, Druids, Shintoists, Wiccans, and so on. To put a spin on the old saying, it's okay if you don't believe in angels. We believe in you.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

My family is just an amazing melting pot of wonderful religions and faiths.

Everyone - whether it's the Jews, the Greeks, the Catholics - everybody is entitled to religious beliefs and entitled to their traditions.