“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Opening of a well-known Gandhi statement on religious unity (documented in his Young India/Harijan writings and Gandhi archives), but the exact date was not pinned here.
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Different faiths can look like rivals, but this treats them as separate roads toward the same core truths: honesty, mercy, restraint. In practice it means studying another tradition to learn from it rather than to defeat it, and judging any creed by the character it actually produces.
When to use it
- A hospital chaplain sits with patients of every faith, drawing on each one's comfort instead of pushing anyone to convert.
- Roommates from different religions cook for each other's holidays and notice both traditions prize generosity above all.
- A comparative-religion student maps how the golden rule recurs, almost word for word, across scriptures that never met.