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In the mystic traditions of the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Remarks on Mysticism (1940)

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Remarks on Mysticism (c. 1940), as quoted by Haile Selassie in "An address during Radhakrishnan's visit to Ethiopia" (13 October 1965), as recorded in Foreign Affairs Record Vol. 11-12 (1965-1966) by India Ministry of External Affairs, p. 266; he is also quoted as having made these remarks in The Visva-Bharati Quarterly Vol. 5 (1939-1940)

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