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. –B. R. Ambedkar
I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. –Guru Nanak
I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity. –Saina Nehwal
“According to the Buddha’s doctrine that they believed in, it was not the caste that defined a person high or low. It was one’s deeds that mattered.” ―Swarnakanthi Rajapaksein “The Master’s Daughter”
The caste system is opposed to the religion of the Vedanta. Caste is a social custom, and all our great preachers have tried to break it down. —Swami Vivekananda