When human revolutions first began, India stood more expressly than any other country for what may be called a Declaration of the Rights of the Being. That divine Individuality, and its community with infmity, is obviously the foundation and the source of all life and all history.
Schwab, Raymond The Oriental Renaissance: Europe s Discovery ofIndia and the East, 1680-1880 p. 11 New York, 1984 Quoted and attributed in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture