Mahatma Gandhi Christian Quotes & Sayings

If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian. — Mahatma Gandhi

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian. — Mahatma Gandhi

I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism. — Mahatma Gandhi

It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for. — Mahatma Gandhi

If it weren't for Christians, I'd be a Christian. — Mahatma Gandhi

For every Christian feels the same, however vaguely he may do so. Socialism, Communism, Anarchism' Salvation Armies, the growth of crime, freedom from toil, the increasingly absurd luxury of the rich and increased misery of the poor, the fearfully rising number of suicides-are all indications of that inner contradiction which must and will be resolved. And, of course, resolved in such a manner that the law of love will be recognized and all reliance on force abandoned. — Mahatma Gandhi

If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place. — Mahatma Gandhi

I am a Christian and a Hindu and a Muslim and a Jew. — Mahatma Gandhi

We must forget in order to remain present, forget in order not to die, forget in order to remain faithful. — Marc Auge

If it had not been for the Christians that I have known I might have been a Christian. — Mahatma Gandhi

I may have become Christian, were it not for Christians. — Mahatma Gandhi

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man? — Mahatma Gandhi

Ninety-five degrees in the shade characterizes the weather these days, and I generally make a few miles in the gloaming - not, of course, because it is cooler, but because the "gloaming" is so delightfully romantic. — Thomas Stevens

You can't simplify reality without understanding it first. — Carl Theodor Dreyer

The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ. — Mahatma Gandhi

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man. — Mahatma Gandhi

I mean, you just don't seem like a big fan of words yourself. So I thought you'd appreciate the lack of lyrics. — Jasmine Warga

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. — Mahatma Gandhi

I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ. — Mahatma Gandhi

Alaska is our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state. Texas remains our largest unfrozen state. But mountainous Utah, if ironed out flat, would take up more space on a map than either. — Edward Abbey

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! — Mahatma Gandhi

The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus. — Mahatma Gandhi

About the same time I came in contact with another Christian family. At their suggestion I attended the Wesleyan church every Sunday. For these days I also had their standing invitation to dinner. The church did not make a favourable impression on me. The sermons seemed to be uninspiring. The congregation did not strike me as being particularly religious. They were not an assembly of devout souls; they appeared rather to be wordly-minded people, going to church for recreation and in conformity to custom. Here, at times, I would involuntarily doze. I was ashamed, but some of my neighbours, who were in no better case, lightened the shame. I could not go on long like this, and soon gave up attending the service. — Mahatma Gandhi

Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian. — Mahatma Gandhi

If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.' — Mahatma Gandhi

We are all born into different beliefs, and therefore, we should leave it that way" - so goes the tolerant "wisdom" of our time. Mahatma Gandhi, for example, strongly spoke out against the idea of conversion. When people make such statements, they forget or don't know that nobody is born a Christian. All Christians are such by virtue of conversion. To ask the Christian not to reach out to anyone else who is from another faith is to ask that Christian to deny his own faith. One of India's leading "saints," Sri Ramakrishna, is said to have been for a little while a Muslim, for a little while a Christian, and then finally, a Hindu again, because he came to the conclusion that they are all the same. If they are all the same, why did he revert to Hinduism? It is just not true that all religions are the same. Even Hinduism is not the same within itself. Thus, to deny the Christian the privilege of propagation is to propagate to him or her the fundamental beliefs of another religion. If — Ravi Zacharias

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to. — Oscar Wilde

The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

236 - "Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change." - Wayne W. Dyer — Tudor Wild

If I look myself as a manager, I have lot more to learn. — Dilip Shanghvi

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew. — Mahatma Gandhi

I like their Christ, but I don't like their Christians. — Mahatma Gandhi

Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my undying faith in non-violence which rules all my actions, worldly and temporal. — Mahatma Gandhi