Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

** Willa Cather **

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Religion does not consist in eating this food or eschewing that, but only in the realization of God within oneself.

** Mahatma Gandhi **

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Religion is no religion if it becomes mechanical.

** Mahatma Gandhi **

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Religion is not religion if it expects others to follow suit. For example, the religion of Ahimsa (Non-violence) can manifest only in the face of Himsa (Violence).

** Mahatma Gandhi **

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Religion is not something apart from life.  Life itself should be regarded as religion.  Life divorced from religion is not human life. It is animal life.

** Mahatma Gandhi **

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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

** Chanakya **

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Religion is that which comprehends all. In other words, religion permeates life in all its aspects and at all time.

** Mahatma Gandhi **

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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

** Allen Tate **

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Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
 ** David Jerold **

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Religious austerities should be practiced alone, study by two, and singing by three. A journey should be undertaken by four, agriculture by five, and war by many together.

** Chanakya **

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