“First, the practice of meditation has to proceed with some one object before the mind. I used to concentrate my mind on some black point. Ultimately during those days, I could not see the point any more, nor notice that the point was before me at all — the mind used to be no more — no wave of functioning would arise, as if it were all an ocean without any breath of air. In that state I used to experience glimpses of super-sensuous truth.”
“All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.”
“Truth, purity, and unselfishness — wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.”
“The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.”
“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable”.
“Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die. Societies should be moulded upon truth, and truth has not to adjust itself to society.”
“Man wants truth, wants to experience truth for himself; when he has grasped it, realized it, felt it within his heart of hearts, then alone, declare the Vedas, would all doubts vanish, all darkness be scattered, and all crookedness be made straight.”
“Let us be brave. Know the Truth and practice the Truth. The goal may be distant, but awake, arise, and stop not till the goal is reached.”
“Truth can never come to us as long as we are selfish.”
“Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.”
“Truth alone triumphs, and this is true.”
“Say to your own minds, “I am He, I am He”. Let it ring day and night in your minds like a song, and at the point of death declare : “I am He”. That is truth; the infinite strength of the world is yours.”
Shivoham Shivoham – I am He (Shiva) , I am He (Shiva)
“Shiva Jnane Jiva Seva — Service to Man is Service to God”
– Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Subsidized Set of 8 Vols) – Advaita Ashrama↗
