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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 future depends on what you do today.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error.

Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

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