Quotes by Virchand Gandhi

“This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.”

“In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy dont differ from science.”

“The heart of vegetarians is healed sooner than those of flesh-eaters.”

“Since the early beginning of history, India has been the Klondyke of the world”

“We preach and practice brotherhood not only of man but of all living beings not on Sundays only but on all the days of the week. We believe in the law of universal justice that our present condi...”

“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth centur...”

“The central ideas of Christianity an angry God and vicarious atonement are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage o...”

“The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.”

“If a person's mind is controlled by forces of revenge and jealousy, it cannot express love & sympathy. And even if they show love and sympathy to others it will yield no good result. The thought wi...”

“Christian missions to India imply that India is a land of heathens, and, therefore, stands on the same level with the Andaman or the Fiji Islands. That a country which has been recognised in all ag...”

“...am so deeply impressed with the fair mindedness and tolerance of the American people...”

“My brothers and sisters of America, there is not the least shadow of hope that India can ever be Christianised. After two hundred years of vain efforts and of spending millions of dollars with the ...”

“In the history of a souls evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we stay there, go down or progress upwards. There is a knot of worldly desires imp...”

“The American people spend thousands of dollars to propagate the doctrines of the fall of man, the creation of the world out of nothing in six days by a personal God, vicarious atonement, absolution...”

“I have heard your orators speak on many questions. One among them the so-called vital question of money which is above all things the most coveted commodity but I, as a Jainist, in the name of my c...”

“In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its pla...”

“May peace rule the universe, may peace rule in kingdoms and empires, may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates, may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in t...”

“In more ancient times the life was simpler, but now the discovery of all these different medicines for curing dyspepsia shows that people are suffering from this disease. In this country we know th...”

“In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)”

“the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi”