The Buddha to a haughty brahmin on out-castes:
"Not by birth (race or skin-color) is one an outcast;
not by birth (race or skin-color) is one a Noble!
By behaviour only one becomes an outcast,
by behaviour alone one becomes a Noble"
Not by birth is one pure and superior, but by purity of one's bodily actions, speech and mind, is one pure and superior.
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