Can you match the famous religious leaders to their quote?

By: Tammy Singh
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Can you match the famous religious leaders to their quote?
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There have been many powerful religious leaders throughout history, but some of their ideas might be more similar than you realized. Can you identify which religious leader is being quoted?
Who said: "Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."
The Buddha
The person we refer to as "Buddha" is better known as Gautama Buddha, after Siddhartha Gautama - the founder of Buddhism.
Mahatma Gandhi
Aristotle
Swami Vivekananda
Who said: "When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator."
Rick Warren
Martin Luther
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and was a leading figure in the Indian resistance movement as well as a Hindu. He is remembered for his emphasis on peaceful resistance.
Deepak Chopra
Who said: "My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
The 14th Dalai Lama
Although often simply referred to as the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso is actually the 14th Dalai Lama. A Buddhist monk, he preaches kindness, tolerance and spirituality.
Saint Patrick
The Prophet Muhammed
Baha'u'llah

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Who said: "Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."
Deepak Chopra
Confucius
Aristotle
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II is widely known as Saint John Paul the Great. Born in Poland, he was the first non-Italian pope in centuries.
Who said: "A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the person who contains himself when he is angry."
Mahatma Gandhi
Confucius
Prophet Muhammed
This quote from the Prophet Muhammed is from the Sunni Hadith, an important collection of quotes for many followers of Islam.
Saint Patrick
Who said: "If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me."
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland, a country that was devoted to paganism at that time.
The Buddha
Rumi
Mother Teresa

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Who said: "It’s time to rescue "intelligent design" from the politics of religion. There are too many riddles not yet answered by either biology or the Bible, and by asking them honestly, without foregone conclusions, science could take a huge leap forward."
The 14th Dalai Lama
Malcolm X
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is an author, speaker, and leader in the New Age movement. He promotes alternative medicine and meditation, and a mind-body approach to healing.
Billy Graham
Who said: "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
The Buddha
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun. She spent most of her life as a missionary, working among the poor in India. She was made a saint by the Roman Catholic church in 2016.
Prophet Muhammed
Imam al-Ghazali
Who said: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
The Buddha
Billy Graham
Lao Tsu
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was a powerful advocate of peaceful resistance. He was a lawyer who encouraged non-violent civil disobedience to protest injustice.

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Who said: “Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith.”
Prophet Muhammed
Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, who is the prophet of Islam. Born in Mecca around the year 570, he united many Arab tribes and nations.
The 14th Dalai Lama
St Thomas Aquinas
Swami Vivekananda
Who said: "Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening."
Rumi
Billy Graham
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi loved his Hindu faith, but also regarded other religions with respect.
St Paul
Who said: "Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is."
Malcolm X
C.S. Lewis
Martin Luther
Mahatma Gandhi
For Gandhi, politics and religion were inseparable. His Hindu faith and powerful political activism were among his defining qualities.

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Who said: "One God governs all."
Imam al-Ghazali
The Apostle Paul
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Sai Baba of Shirdi was an Indian holy man for both Hindus and Muslims. He desired unity for all religions.
Pope John Paul II
Who said: "To me the earth's most explosive and pernicious evil is racism, the inability of God's creatures to live as one, especially in the Western world."
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an American Islamic leader who began his journey of faith in the Nation of Islam organization. After a pilgrimage to Mecca, he began preaching to all nationalities the message of Islam and integration.
Mother Teresa
The 14th Dalai Lama
Louis Farrakhan
Who said: "Commitment to great causes makes great men."
Billy Graham
Billy Graham is a famous American Christian evangelist, who held huge crusades and had many sermons broadcast over radio and television. He was an active Christian leader for more than six decades and has since retired. He is hoping to see his 100th birthday.
St Thomas Aquinas
Aristotle
Lao Tzu

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Who said: "My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray."
Billy Graham
Mother Teresa
Aristotle
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was a political figure, but also deeply religious. "Mahatma" is not his given name - it is a term meaning "great soul," similar to "Saint" in the Christian tradition.
Who said: "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
Malcolm X
Pope John Paul II
Mother Teresa
While many people say, "I'm no Mother Teresa" to mean that they aren't altruistic, Mother Teresa had some views that not everybody agreed with. She always saw her role as a missionary before her role as a humanitarian.
Rumi
Who said: "Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."
Pope John Paul II
Ramakrishna
Dayananda Saraswati
The 14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thondup and given the religious name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, which was then shortened to Tenzin Gyatso. His mission is increasing kindness and compassion in the world.

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Who said: "We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it."
Rick Warren
Rick Warren is the pastor of Saddleback Church, an Evangelical megachurch that is the eighth largest in America. His book, "The Purpose Driven Life" sold more than 30 million copies, making him one of the New York Times' best-selling authors.
Baha'u'llah
Aristotle
C.S. Lewis
Who said: "I gave in, and admitted that God was God."
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis is most widely known for his books, "The Chronicles of Narnia." However, he had many other roles throughout his life, including being a famous Christian apologist whose views are still widely quoted.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Prophet Muhammed
Gandhi
Who said: “If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.”
Swami Vivekananda
Mother Teresa
The Buddha
Purity is an important concept in Buddhism, and The Buddha taught his subjects to strive for purity to achieve nirvana.
Lao Tzu

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Who said: “Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better.”
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad was an African American Islamic leader, who led the Nation Of Islam party from 1934 - 1975. Among the people he mentored were Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Louis Farrakhan.
Martin Luther
Confucius
Gandhi
Who said: "I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others."
Sai Baba of Shirdi
St. Patrick
Imam al-Ghazali
Confucius
A Chinese philosopher (among many other roles), the teachings of Confucius emphasize morality, justice and truthfulness. His teachings formed a movement known as Confucianism.
Who said: "I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against."
Gandhi
Malcolm X
Malcolm X started his activism in the Nation Of Islam party preaching against integration - he later left the party, became a Sunni Muslim, and revised his strong opinions.
Aristotle
Martin Luther

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Who said: "Give, even if you only have a little.”
Mother Teresa
Pope John Paul II
The Buddha
Many faith traditions teach the importance of generosity, and the Buddha was no exception. Lack of possessions does not excuse a person from being generous.
14th Dalai Lama
Who said: "Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained."
Pope John Paul II
Prophet Muhammed
Mother Teresa
Lao Tzu
Works attributed to Lao Tzu appear in important Taoist books, although it's hard to establish his true identity. Whoever he really was, he had some great wisdom.
Who said: "God does not become weary of forgiving until the servant becomes weary of asking for forgiveness."
Imam al-Ghazali
Imam al-Ghazali has been called the second most influential man in Islam, after the Prophet Muhammad. He heavily influenced Islamic interpretation of theology.
Saint Patrick
St Thomas Aquinas
Billy Graham

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Who said: "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
The 14th Dalai Lama
St. Teresa
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas is a Catholic Saint who was born in Italy, in the year 1225. He heavily influenced Western thinking and Christian philosophy, and taught that reason was found in God.
Gandhi
Who said: "All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."
Martin Luther
Martin Luther spearheaded the Protestant Reformation, when he challenged some of the prominent religious ideas of the time. This movement paved the way for the separation of the Catholic and Protestant branches of Christianity.
Imam al-Ghazali
Mother Teresa
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Who said: "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
The 14th Dalai Lama
Rumi
Mother Teresa
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk. He was influential in introducing yoga to Westerners.

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Who said: "There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."
Lao Tzu
Rumi
Rumi was a 13th century Islamic leader, Sunni Muslim and Sufi mystic. His poetry is known throughout the world and has been translated into many different languages.
Gandhi
The Dalai Lama
Who said: "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
The 14th Dalai Lama
Baha'u'llah
Founder of the Baha'i religion, Baha'u'llah's teachings centred around humanity as a single race, unifying all people.
The Buddha
Mother Teresa
Who said: "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
Baha'u'llah
Mahatma Gandhi
Mother Teresa
Another quote from the lady who exemplifies humanitarian works for many people. Mother Teresa believed in the value of developing character over material possessions.
Pope John Paul II

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Who said: "Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength."
Aristotle
Confucius
The Buddha
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon was a Baptist preacher and a prolific writer in the 1800s. His sermons were so influential that many of his printed works are still available today.
Who said: "All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."
Baha'u'llah
The 14th Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama sums up our quiz with this quote about the fundamental heart of the major religions - to make the world a better place. They have more in common than we think!
The Buddha
Pope John Paul II
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