If the two great nations, India and England, cannot be united by political chords, the ties of spiritual and intellectual co-operation will certainly prove a stronger bond of union.

Speech at the Sri Ramakrishna birthday anniversary meeting in London in March 1949, as quoted in Londhe, Sushama, A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture (New Delhi: Pragun Publications, 2008), p. 276