The correct meaning of the statement The Vedas are beginningless and eternal is that the law or truth revealed by them is permanent and changeless.
Swami VivekanandaNo matter what that makes elastic - sharply, intellectually and sincerely, keep at bay it as noxious waste.
Swami VivekanandaMy Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.
Swami VivekanandaLove and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness.
Swami VivekanandaIf a person who lives in God becomes miserable, what is the use of living in God? What is the use of such a God? Throw such a God overboard into the Pacific Ocean. We do not want such a God!
Swami VivekanandaRama, the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above all, the ideal king, this Rama has been presented before us by the great sage Valmiki. No language can be purer, none chaster, none more beautiful, and at the same time simpler, than the language in which the great poet has depicted the life of Rama.
Swami Vivekananda