Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Swami Vivekananda


When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face




When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve




When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People




When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard





When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard





When I Asked God for Peace

He Showed Me How to Help Others





God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed




- Swami Vivekananda

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just love the sayings of swami vivekananda.
My grandpa wrote me a letter which had this quote when i was a little girl.

Nabeel said...

the wisdom of the swami haan ..
how true !!

paurna said...

just one word BEAUTIFUL

Vamsee said...

None can beat him in Wisdom...Good post Ajay!:)

Coffee-Drinking Woman said...

Hi. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

~*. D E E P A .* ~ said...

I am right handed too :) tho i can eat with my left too ...
Also , noticed how more foreigners are left handed when compared to us ?
@ Swami Vivekananda : True .. right ?
therez this song whose lyrics go like :
" I HATED MY SHOES TILL I SAW THE MAN WITH NO FEET " .... :(((
Btw , i havent forgotten ,.... shall ping u sometime soon .. ok ?

Neha said...

hi ajay!
i'v been an admirer of swami vivekanand's saying ever since i first read some quotes by him..very real and very nice arent they?

thanks fr dropping by :)
keep visitin

tulipspeaks said...

thanks for dropping by..

beautiful quotes..they are fascinating, aren't they? :)

hugss

=am000nie=

Michelle said...

i loved learnin bout him in skool :-)

R said...

the last two lines are SO DAMN true!

Sudarshan said...

That is absolutely wonderful. Swami Vivekananda was one of India's and the world's greatest sons. We were lucky enough to have such an enlightened, brilliant and down to earth saint in our midst. He has always been a major inspiration to me, and he will continue to inspire me all my life. I salute this great son of India!!Nice post!!

My Ramblings... said...

"God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted He Gave Me Everything I Needed"
Those lines really hold true. :)

Gowri Shankar said...

sweet man
God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted He Gave Me Everything I Needed

As someone above pointed out..these lines seem to mean the most.God has given most of us all the things u need it life...yet we crib for the small things..its only wen we see the less fortunate we realise how fortunate we are.

We need to constantly reminded of such things..so easy to forget them.

Princess said...

really nice to see a post regarding Swami vivekananda.

Thanx for visiting my blog.