Ramakrishna became the first known prophet in history to proclaim the essential unity of all religions, thus pointing the way to the end of all division and war in the name of religion and pioneering a new planetary civilization, in which all faiths would be honored as complementary and distinct paths to God, different "dishes" in the heavenly and merciful cuisine of the Mother for her children.
— Andrew Harvey, Selections from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Kendra Crossen Burroughs