Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists.

Say, "I can do everything ." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it."

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.

Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and the many as unreal?" the Swami was asked. "Yes", answered the Swami. "And what Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and I have added to this is, that the Many and the One are the same Reality, perceived by the same mind at different times and in different attitudes.