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Love is truth, and hatred is false, because hatred makes for multiplicity. It is hatred that separates man from man; therefore it is wrong and false. It is a disintegrating power; it separates and destroys.
Source Vivekananda, Practical Vedanta and other lectures, Practical Vedanta: Part I, §17 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Swami Vivekananda, what unites is true and what separates is false: love brings beings together and that is why it is truth, while hatred divides and destroys them. Today, when facing tension with someone, choose the gesture or word that brings you closer, however small, rather than the one that pushes apart.
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