What Ramin Jahanbegloo writes, that we sometimes forget

I started reading "The Spirit of India" by Ramin Jahanbegloo last night. Dr. Jahanbegloo is an Iranian political philosopher. He was imprisoned for a few months on charges of spying ("improper contact with foreign countries") in 2006. Around that time, he also spent time in Delhi. But this post is not a bio of the professor. I found this gem on the second page of this book and wanted to share it:

"...when the soul of India speaks, it reflects the peaceful diversity that has been the cornerstone of India as a nation. It is its national spirit."

The book goes on to discuss the ideas of several prominent Indians. But coming at the end of a day of very trivial politically-driven divisions, this sentence, written by an outsider-observer, was balm to my spirit.