As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.
—Mahatma Gandhi
As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.
—Mahatma Gandhi
I could make a snarky comment about Bush, but that would be way too easy.
by ramanan on February 22 2005, 2:47 am #
I would never expect Bush to abide by the philosophy of Gandhi anyways.
by rishi on February 22 2005, 3:50 am #
No, I suppose not. But doesn't it sound like he is talking about Bush? I thought it was a good quote nevertheless.
by ramanan on February 22 2005, 11:00 am #
It does, and it is a wicked quote. Gandhi was full of gems, like “don’t eat the meat” and “I make my own clothes”.
by rishi on February 22 2005, 11:18 am #
Desmond Tutu (a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) has some interesting sentiments regarding Bush as well:
”...I was shocked, because I had naively believed all these many years that Americans genuinely believed in freedom of speech. [But I] discovered there that when you made an utterance that was remotely contrary to what the White House was saying, then they attacked you. For a South African the déjà vu was frightening. They behaved exactly the same way that used to happen here [during apartheid]—vilifying those who are putting forward a slightly different view…”
by Ryan on February 23 2005, 2:00 am #