Rig Veda Quotes

“Who really knows, and who can swear,
How creation came, when or where!
Even gods came after creation's day,
Who really knows, who can truly say
When and how did creation start?
Did He will it? Or did He not?
Only He, up there, knows, maybe;
Or perhaps, not even He”
― Vyasa

“To what is One, sages give many a title they call it Agni, Yama, Mātariśvan.
एकं सद विप्रा बहुधा वदन्त्यग्निं यमं मातरिश्वानमाहुः ||
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(ekaṃ sad viprā bahudhā vadantyaghniṃ yamaṃ mātariśvānamāhuḥ)”
― Anonymous, The Rig Veda

“Truth is one; sages call it by various names. (Rig Veda)”
― Vedanta

“The truth is one, the wise call it by many names.”
― Rig Veda

“Who knows for certain?
No one knows whence creation arose; and whether god has or has not made it.
He who surveys it from the lofty skies, only he knows--or perhaps he knows not.”
― Anonymous Rig Veda