“In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals….”

— Mahatma Gandhi

1900s, Hind Swaraj (1908)
Context: In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.... Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarrelling?

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