Common Idea in all Religions

One idea seems to be common in all the Indian systems, 

and I think, in every system in the world, 

whether they know it or not, and that is what 

      I should call the divinity of man. 

There is no one system in the world, no real religion, which does not hold the idea that the human soul, 

whatever it be, or whatever its relation to God, 

is essentially pure and perfect, 

whether expressed in the language of 

mythology, allegory, or philosophy. 

Its real nature is blessedness and power, not weakness and misery.

- Swami Vivekananda, Jnana-Yoga, London