This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Religions have said, 'Don't kill', but they go on killing. 'Be brotherly'-and they are not brotherly. 'Love one another'-and they don't.
Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine.
Religious people are so convinced that only their religion is right choice. But I don't see them asking for Hindu blood, Muslim blood or Christian blood at the blood banks when they need it at medical emergency.
When you look at these religions as so many leaves of the tree, they seem so different but at the trunk they are one.
Some think that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits - but no.
The purpose of religion is not building grand temples but cultivating positive human qualities like tolerance, generosity and love.
One cannot kill in the name of God..One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith.
As the tragedy in Pakistan proves, religion is not enough to hold a nation together. But it is enough to destroy it.