207 Quotes - lives - deeds diverge
Quotes, lives, and deeds rarely converge. Quotes and realities conflict. Vivekananda believed in fatalism. It is not the fate which decides what a person really deserves. Circumstances decide what a person gets, with or without his efforts. Sometimes, in spite of best efforts, we may not get anything sizable. For that also, we can't blame Fate. These imponderables come from Society, the Government, the Business Environment, ... ... I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve. -- a quote of Swami Vivekananda. ybrems *Did Swamiji deserve diabetes? *Did Swamiji deserve varicose veins? *Did Swamiji deserve premature death at 39? *Did Swamiji deserve the fate of 'lying restless on couch' for nearly one year, lamenting that he was unable to eat meat? (Doctors forbade him eating meat). *Did Swamiji deserve the fate of begging American drunken high society women to mobilise a fund of $100 for his m...