John Milton Quotes

For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

No religion can be built on force.

That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.

I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.

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

It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.

My personal religion peremptorily forbids me to hate anybody.

A satyagrahi should have a living faith in God.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

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

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity.

What I say is, that the real non-resistants can believe in direct action only, never in political action. For the basis of all political action is coercion; even when the State does good things, it finally rests on a club, a gun, or a prison, for its power to carry them through.

Christ is the great central fact in the world's history. To Him everything looks forward or backward. All the lines of history converge upon Him.

You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.

Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast. Do not imagine that God has called you (just contrary to the spirit of Him you style your Master) to destroy men’s lives, and not to save them. Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way never compel to come in by any other means than reason, truth, and love.

Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God.

Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.

The temple is holy because it is not for sale.

My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.

India, which is the nursery of the great faiths of the world

It is through truth & non-violence that I can have some glimpse of God. Truth & non-violence are my God. They are the obverse and reverse of the same coin.