A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.
It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
The moment there is doubt about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
If we are to respect others’ religions as we would have them to respect our own, a friendly study of the world’s religion is a sacred duty.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.