“In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.... Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarreling?”
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Source: Hind Swaraj (1909); appears in the Hind Swaraj sub-section of Gandhi's Wikiquote page.
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Behind the world's many faiths sits a common aim that no single tradition owns. If devotion, kindness, and the search for meaning are what really matter, then how a person arrives there is shaped by upbringing and temperament — a difference worth respecting, not a quarrel worth having.
When to use it
- Two close friends of different faiths comparing what their traditions ask, without trying to convert each other.
- A family with a Hindu grandmother and a Christian son-in-law sharing each other's holidays.
- Taking a colleague's meditation practice as seriously as you take your own prayers.