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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has not...more

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God has no religion.

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Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the hori...more

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Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

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To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

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

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God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derive...more

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I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality

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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.

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It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The...more

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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

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I hold that it is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others'religions a...more