Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Indian reformer, Arya Samaj founder.

An Indian philosopher and social reformer, he founded the Arya Samaj, a movement aimed at promoting Vedic knowledge, social equality, and a reformed Hindu society. He advocated for the removal of caste-based discrimination, idol worship, and other social ills, emphasizing the importance of education and the belief in one God. Swami Dayananda Saraswati’s contributions to the Indian Renaissance included encouraging women's rights, promoting scientific thinking, and reviving the study of the ancient Vedas as a way to promote truth and morality.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati Quotes about Human

  • In life, loss is inevitable. Everyone knows this, yet in the core of most people it remains deeply denied – ‘This should not happen to me.’ It is for this reason that loss is the most difficult challenge one has to face as a human being.
  • Because a human being is endowed with empathy, he violates the natural order if he does not reach out to those who need care. Responding to this empathy, one is in harmony with the order of things, with dharma; otherwise, one is not.
  • Do not undervalue yourself. Human life is as high as God Himself.
  • No human heart is denied empathy. No religion can demolish that by indoctrination. No culture, no nation and nationalism – nothing can touch it because it is empathy.
  • The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.