“Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.”

“The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it makeif we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?”

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

“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 nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!”

“The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species.Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?”

“There are as many different religions as there are individuals.”

“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.”