World Religion: Gandhi quotes about God and religion
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), the Indian "Father of the nation", led the country's freedom movement for independence from British rule. He is known for his famous words of wisdom about God, life and religion.
Religion: a question of the heart
“True religion is not a strict dogma. It is not an external observance. It is faith in God and living in the presence of God. It means faith in a future life, in truth and in Ahimsa ... Religion is a matter of heart. No physical inconvenience can justify abandoning one's religion. "
Belief in Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma)
“I call myself a Hindu Sanatani, because I believe in the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas and everything that goes under the name of Hindu scriptures, and therefore in avatars and rebirth; I believe in a certain sense in varnashrama dharma, my opinion is strictly Vedic, but not in its popular meaning currently widespread; I believe in cow protection ... I don't believe in murti puja. "(Young India: June 10, 1921)
The teachings of the Gita
"Hinduism as I know it completely satisfies my soul, fills my whole being ... When doubts haunt me, when disappointments fix me in the face and when I don't see a ray of light on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita and I find a verse to comfort me, and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of an overwhelming pain. My life has been full of tragedies and if they have not left me any visible and indelible effect, I owe it to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. " (Young India: June 8, 1925)
In search of God
“I adore God only as Truth. I haven't found it yet, but I'm looking for it. I am ready to sacrifice the things most dear to me in pursuit of this search. Even though the sacrifice took my own life, I hope I can be ready to give it.
The future of religions
No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the proof of reason will survive the imminent reconstruction of the society in which the values will have changed and the character, not the possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the proof of merit.
Faith in God
“Everyone has faith in God even if everyone doesn't know him. Because everyone has self-confidence and this multiplied to the nth degree is God. The total sum of all that lives is God. Maybe we are not God, but we are of God, even if a small drop of water is from the ocean ".
God is strength
"Who I am? I have no strength except what God gives me. I have no authority over my compatriots except pure morality. If he considers me a pure tool for spreading non-violence instead of terrible violence now ruling the earth, he will give me strength and show me the way. My biggest weapon is silent prayer. The cause of peace is therefore in the good hands of God. "
Christ: a great teacher
“I consider Jesus to be a great teacher of humanity, but I don't consider him the only begotten son of God. That epithet in its material interpretation is completely unacceptable. Metaphorically we are all children of God, but for each of us there is being different children of God in a special sense. So for me Chaitanya can be the only begotten child of God ... God cannot be the exclusive Father and I cannot attribute the exclusive divinity to Jesus. "(Harijan: June 3, 1937)
No conversion, please
“I believe there is no such thing as converting from one faith to another in the accepted sense of the word. It is a highly personal matter for the individual and his God. I may have no plan on my neighbor regarding his faith, which I must honor even if I honor mine. Having reverently studied the scriptures of the world, I could no longer think of asking a Christian or a Muslim, or a Parsi or a Jew to change his faith than I would think of changing my own. " (Harijan: 9 September 1935)
All religions are true
"I came to the conclusion long ago ... that all religions were true and also that all of them had some error in them, and while I hold on my own, I should consider others dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we are Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu ... But our most intimate prayer should be a Hindu should be a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, a Christian a better Christian ". (Young India: January 19, 1928)