Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

Religion is not like a house or a cloak which can be changed at will.

It is not part of religion to breed buffaloes or, for that matter, cows.

Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.

The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.

The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions.

True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.

Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.

If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.

Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.

My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.

I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.

Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.

Politics bereft of religion is absolute dirt, ever to be shunned.

Every person, as every institution, and, above all, every religion is to be judged not by the amount of atrocities or the wrong committed but by the right conduct.

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration.

Ashram means a community of men of religion. I feel that an ashram was a necessity of life for me.

A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets.

To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception.

Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient.

Where there is fear there is no religion.

To change one's religion under the threat of force is no conversion but rather cowardice.

One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.