Quote#Speech
All who have actually attained any real religious experience never…
Quote bySwami Vivekananda · 1863–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pearls of Wisdom.
English (original)
All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue.
— Swami Vivekananda
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