A man of disbelief hates the world. Why? He feels that the world is never of him and can never be for him. A man of disbelief always feels that this world does not belong to him and that he can never lord it over the world. This is precisely why a man of disbelief dares to hate the world.
A man of belief loves the world. Why? He believes that this world of ours is verily the aspiring Body of God, the glowing Dream of God and the fulfilling Reality of God.
— Sri Chinmoy, The Garland of Nation-Souls