Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable
Did Vivekananda say "Comfort is no test of truth. Truth..."?
Paraphrase
Partly. The shared line is a reworded version of what he said in Jnana Yoga - IV (Complete Works, vol 8). It survives in class notes taken by a disciple, which the Complete Works prints. Close to his words in class notes taken by a disciple (vol 8, Jnana Yoga IV). The original has "on the contrary" in the middle.
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“Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”
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Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.
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Is "Comfort is no test of truth. Truth..." in the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda?
Partly. The shared line is a reworded version of what he said in Jnana Yoga - IV (Complete Works, vol 8). It survives in class notes taken by a disciple, which the Complete Works prints.
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Matched against The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Mayavati Memorial Edition, vols 1 to 8 (9,239 paragraphs, Bengali translations checked separately), with Python difflib. In his words: 90 or more out of 100. Paraphrase: 70 to 90. Not in his works: under 70, and no hit in a phrase search of Wikisource across all volumes, including vol 9. This line scored 90.