Swami Vivekananda

 

"This is the gist of all worship - to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Siva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worship Siva. And if he sees Siva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man, seeing Siva in him, without thinking of his caste or creed or race or any other thing, with him Siva is more pleased than with the man who sees him only in the temples."