MY MISSION IS TO SHOW THAT RELIGION IS EVERYTHING AND IN EVERYTHING .....DEPEND ON IT, RELIGION GOES TO THE ROOT OF THE MATTER. IF IT IS RIGHT, ALL IS RIGHT

 Q: "Will your message take them oftener to church?"

Swamiji: "I scarcely think it will. Since I have nothing whatever to do with ritual or dogma; my mission is to show that religion is everything and in everything. . . . And what can we say of the system here in England? Everything goes to show that Socialism or some ...form of rule by the people, call it what you w ill, is coming on the boards. The people will certainly want the satisfaction of their material needs, less work, no oppression, no war, more food. What guarantee have we that this or any civilisation will last, unless it is based on religion, on the goodness of man? Depend on it, religion goes to the root of the matter. If it is right, all is right."

- Swami Vivekananda
INDIAN MISSIONARY'S MISSION TO ENGLAND
(The Echo, London, 1896)