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Jesus...is the final priest who makes all priesthood obsolete not merely the performance of ritual sacrifice, but the office, pomp and circumstance of priestly authority and hierarchy itself. Instead of deferring to any caste of religious hierarchs, followers of the Way are thus now summoned to collectively be a "royal priesthood," a "chosen race" or "holy nation" built not upon offices of any kind but upon transferred allegiance to God's in-breaking "kingdom."
— Ronald E. Osborn, Anarchy and Apocalypse : Essays on Faith, Violence, and Theodicy (2010), pp.35–36.
I want the Brahmins to realize that the Dravidian people today are very much hating those who cunningly cheated them with absurdities. They are now aware of the particular community making a living by spreading the foolishness. People have begun to hate god, religion, caste, mythologies (puranas) and so on..
periyar e. v. ramasamy— Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, p. 517.
There is no Brahmin or Sudra (Backard caste) or Pariah (the Untouchables) in England. In Russia you do not have Varnasrama (Casteism) dharma or fate.
periyar e. v. ramasamy— Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, p. 486.
Economic theory is the most prestigious subject of instruction and study. Agricultural economics, labor economics and marketing are lower caste fields of study.
john kenneth galbraith— Chapter X, Section 5, p. 122 (Mr. Galbraith was originally an agricultural economist...)
Political and social justice requires, not the disintegration of a country and destruction or humiliation of a class which shows initiative, intelligence and drive, but equality of opportunity for all, genuine freedom for self-fulfilment, in which all men irrespective of caste or creed may share.
syama prasad mookerjee— Speech delivered at Benaras Hindu University Convocation on 1st December 1940.
As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep.
william winwood reade— "Intellect", p. 408
As a proponent of egalitarian values, he strived to create a world free of the divisions of caste, creed, religion, race and gender. His social initiatives, notably in the fields of education and public health, have been a great service to the world. His demise brings to a close an enigmatic persona that has been a great inspiration.
sathya sai baba— Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder, Isha Foundation (As quoted in Times of India, April 25, 2011,
Her (India’s) great curse is caste; but English education has already proved a tremendous power in levelling the injurious distinctions of caste.
keshub chunder sen— Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to welcome him on 12th April 1870.
I was also pained to notice an institution which I certainly did not expect to find in this country – I mean caste . Your rich people are really Brahmins, and your poor people are Sudras.
keshub chunder sen— Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to bid him farewell on 12th September 1870.
The German soldiers, that is, the workers and peasants, will in the majority of cases have far more sympathy for the vanquished peoples than for their own ruling caste. The necessity to act at every step in the capacity of 'pacifiers' and oppressors will swiftly disintegrate the armies of occupation, infecting them with a revolutionary spirit.
— Manuscript from 1940, as translated in Writings of Leon Trotsky? by George Breitman
Jesus teaches the kinship and equality of all children of God. No division of race or color, class or caste, rich or poor, male or female, is found in the teaching of Jesus.
— p.45 (Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920))
The German soldiers, that is, the workers and peasants, will in the majority of cases have far more sympathy for the vanquished peoples than for their own ruling caste. The necessity to act at every step in the capacity of 'pacifiers' and oppressors will swiftly disintegrate the armies of occupation, infecting them with a revolutionary spirit.
— Manuscript from 1940, as translated in Writings of Leon Trotsky? by George Breitman
The history of Trivandrum or rather Travancore comes with the Sangam age which comprised the first five centuries of the Christian era. There was no caste distinction in the earlier period. Hinduism was the religion and Sri Padmanabha Temple marked the religious symbol of the people.
— Selvister Ponnumuthan, in "The Spirituality of Basic Ecclesial Communities in the Socio-religious ..."
Pity and need Make all flesh kin. There is no caste in blood.
edwin arnold— Edwin Arnold, Light of Asia, Book VI, line 73.
The world knows that to quell the belly-fire, I ate crumbs and morsels given by men of caste , high-caste, low-caste or no cast.
— In Kavitavali quoted in "A Garden of Deeds: Ramacharitmanas, a Message of Human Ethics", p. 72
These hells , and hundreds and thousands of others, are the places in which sinners pay the penalty of their crimes . As numerous as are the offences that men commit, so many are the hells in which they are punished : and all who deviate from the duties imposed upon them by their caste and condition, whether in thought , word , or deed , are sentenced to punishment in the regions of the damned.
— Vishnu Purana, in "The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840] CHAP. VI.
A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible. But since, in practice, no one is infallible, it is frequently necessary to rearrange past events in order to show that this or that mistake was not made, or that this or that imaginary triumph actually happened. Then, again, every major change in policy demands a corresponding change of doctrine and a revaluation of prominent historical figures.
— George Orwell, "The Prevention of Literature", Polemic (January 1946)
If Christians have caste differences also, I might as well remain a Hindu .
— Mahatma Gandhi, on one Sunday, went to church to see the minister and ask for instruction to the way of salvation and other Christian doctrines. But when he entered the sanctuary, the ushers refused him a seat and suggested that he go back and worship with his own people. He left and never went back. Quoted in “Speaker's Quote Book: Over 5,000 Illustrations and Quotations for All ... (2009)”, p.193
It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs; For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, and all the thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God. It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be; The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter Even Raidas was a seeker after God.
— Linda Hess in the Introduction to The Bijak of Kabir (1983;2002)
Quicumque vero famosus probitate miles in eadem erat unius coloris vestibus atque armis utebatur facete etiam mulieres consimilia indumenta habentes. Nullius amorem habere dignabantur nisi tercio in milicia probates esset. Efficiebantur ergo caste et meliores et milites pro amore illarum probiores.
— The knights in [Britain] that were famous for feats of chivalry, wore their clothes and arms all of the same colour and fashion: and the women also no less celebrated for their wit, wore all the same kind of apparel; and esteemed none worthy of their love, but such as had given a proof of their valour in three several battles. Thus was the valour of the men an encouragement for the women's chastity, and the love of the women a spur to the soldier's bravery.
— Bk. 9, ch. 13; pp. 244-5.
— Sometimes said to be the earliest reference to love as an ennobling influence.
caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
bhimrao ramji ambedkar— Quoted in the book, The Annihilation of Caste [[2]]
Generally speaking, an Indian university must regard itself as one of the living organs of national reconstruction. It must discover the best means of blending together both the spiritual and the material aspects of life. It must equip its alumni irrespective of caste, creed or sex, with individual fitness, not for its own sake, not for merely adorning varied occupations and professions, but in order to teach them how to merge their individuality in the common cause of advancing the progress and prosperity of their motherland and upholding the highest traditions of human civilisation.
syama prasad mookerjee— Speech delivered at Nagpur University Convocation on 5th December 1936.
I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither "good" or "bad", and who knows neither love nor hatred. I worship Life; the Sun, Sustainer of life. I believe in the Law of everlasting struggle, which is the law of life, and in the duty of the best specimens of our race — the natural élite of mankind — to rule the earth, and evolve out of themselves a caste of supermen, a people 'like unto the Gods'.
savitri devi— Pilgrimage (Calcutta: Savitri Devi Mukherji, 1958, p. 327, )
For which he wex a litel red for shame, Whan he the peple upon him herde cryen, That to beholde it was a noble game, How sobreliche he caste doun his yen. Criseyda gan al his chere aspyen, And let so softe it in her herte sinke That to herself she seyde, “Who yaf me drinke?”
Geoffrey Chaucer— Book 2, line 645-651.
You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed. That has nothing to do with the business of the State.
muhammad ali jinnah— Presidential address to the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Karachi, 11 August 1947
Jesus … is the final priest who makes all priesthood obsolete – not merely the performance of ritual sacrifice, but the office, pomp and circumstance of priestly authority and hierarchy itself. Instead of deferring to any caste of religious hierarchs, followers of the Way are thus now summoned to collectively be a "royal priesthood," a "chosen race" or "holy nation" built not upon offices of any kind but upon transferred allegiance to God's in-breaking "kingdom."
— Ronald E. Osborn, Anarchy and Apocalypse : Essays on Faith, Violence, and Theodicy (2010), p. 35
Call a truce, then, to our labours let us feast with friends and neighbours, And be merry as the custom of our caste; For if “faint and forced the laughter,” and if sadness follow after, We are richer by one mocking Christmas past.
rudyard kipling— Christmas in India, Stanza 5.
Jesus…is the final priest who makes all priesthood obsolete – not merely the performance of ritual sacrifice, but the office, pomp and circumstance of priestly authority and hierarchy itself. Instead of deferring to any caste of religious hierarchs, followers of the Way are thus now summoned to collectively be a "royal priesthood," a "chosen race" or "holy nation" built not upon offices of any kind but upon transferred allegiance to God's in-breaking "kingdom."
— Ronald E. Osborn, Anarchy and Apocalypse: Essays on Faith, Violence, and Theodicy (2010), pp.35-36
