- Swami Vivekananda
That Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was God—and all that sort of thing—has no go in countries like this (USA). M__ has a tendency to put that stuff down everybody’s throat, but that will make our movement a little sect. You keep aloof from such attempts; at the same time, if people worship him as God, no harm. Neither encourage nor discourage.
The masses will always have the person, the higher ones the principle ; we want both. But principles are universal, not persons. Therefore stick to the principles he taught, let people think whatever they like of his person. . . . Truce to all quarrels and jealousies and bigotry! These will spoil everything.
