Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar More Quotes by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar More Quotes From Dr. B. R. Ambedkar A good man cannot be a master and a master cannot be a good man. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Be educated, be organized and be agitated. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from Co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Caste is not just a division of labor, it is a division of laborers. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe caste because they are deeply religious. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Freedom of mind is the Real Freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains is a Slave, not a Free Man. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar I shall have no faith in Rama and Krishna who are believed to be incarnation of God nor shall I worship them. I thereby reject my old religion, Hinduism, which is detrimental to the prosperity of human kind and which discriminates between man and man and which treats me as inferior. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar If you study carefully you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it which is not found in any other religion. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Life should be great rather than long. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my master, the Buddha. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Nothing can emancipate the outcaste except the destruction of the caste system. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
