In this article, we have collected 50 inspirational Radhanath Swami quotes! Enjoy!
50 Inspirational Radhanath Swami quotes
#1
“When spirituality is the basis of your life, it gives you the strength, wisdom, and courage to surmount the many storms of life that could destroy a weaker person who doesn’t have this foundation.”
– Radhanath Swami
#2
“When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.”
– Radhanath Swami
#3
“One who loves God sees everything in relation to God. Therefore, their love flows spontaneously toward everyone, at all times, everywhere. They even love those who wish them harm. If you love God, you can’t hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn’t die; rather, it manifests in the form.”
– Radhanath Swami
#4
Contentment lives only in the hearts of those who are grateful.
– Radhanath Swami
#5
A dog will recognize his master in whatever way he dresses. The master may dress in robes, suit and tie, or stand naked, but the dog will always recognize his master. If we cannot recognize God, our beloved master, when he comes in a different dress from another religion, then we are less than that dog.”
– Radhanath Swami
#6
“Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.”
– Radhanath Swami
#7
Caring for each other with patience, tolerance and humility is part of what it means to walk a spiritual path.
– Radhanath Swami
#8
“Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through understanding the contents of his own mind, through observation, not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.”
– Radhanath Swami
#9
“You have too many gurus in this country. They have told you what to do, what to think, what to practice. They are the dictators.”
– Radhanath Swami
#10
“To the degree we have Love & Harmony in our heart, to that degree we can give it to others.”
– Radhanath Swami
#11
“Real self-confidence is not based on our achievements or our successes in this world but it is based on the fulfillment of who we are, what our purpose is, and what we represent to ourselves, to our families, and to the world around us. If a person has such self-confidence, then he can generate faith and confidence in others.”
– Radhanath Swami
#12
“Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.”
– Radhanath Swami
#13
“Sex could be a gift of God, but when it becomes an obsession, it plunders all intelligence and people are driven to abominable acts to satisfy their lust. When passion is frustrated, people lose all good sense.”
– Radhanath Swami
#14
“Suffering is sent to remind us to turn our thoughts towards God, who will give us solace.”
– Radhanath Swami
#15
“Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes, but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.”
– Radhanath Swami
#16
“When we forgive someone, we liberate ourselves from the poison of negativity that is within our own hearts.”
– Radhanath Swami
#17
“Love is Everlasting Forgiveness.”
– Radhanath Swami
#18
“When one does not have wisdom, one behaves like a leaf of a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, which shrinks its leaves at the slightest touch of a drop of water. The drop of water is compared to calamities that come into our life. When one becomes like a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, one becomes sensitive to even small provocations. One starts whining at small things, shrinks when calamities come and blasts those who touch him.”
– Radhanath Swami
#19
“Krishna tells Arjuna in Gita whether you win or lose that is not important, what is important is that you perform your duty with right attitude.”
– Radhanath Swami
#20
“The more you expect in return for what you’re doing, the more you feel loneliness and emptiness.”
– Radhanath Swami
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#21
“People don’t really love us for what we accomplish. People actually love us for our character and goodness.”
– Radhanath Swami
#22
“I just didn’t know where I fit in – I didn’t seem to fit in my parent’s generation. I didn’t seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.”
– Radhanath Swami
#23
“Forgiveness is actually a beautiful and holistic experience for the heart.”
– Radhanath Swami
#24
“He who tries to understand God simply by logical arguments will not succeed. If one develops love for God by following his instructions, one can know the supreme absolute truth.”
– Radhanath Swami
#25
“The goal of life is to love God, and in order for us to love God, we have to love each other.”
– Radhanath Swami
#26
“When you learn to control your mind and your senses, then your mind and senses become peaceful. And in this peaceful state, the true love of the soul can manifest.”
– Radhanath Swami
#27
“Do everything you have to do, but not with greed, not with ego, not with lust, not with envy; but with love, compassion, humility, and devotion.”
– Radhanath Swami
#28
“Love everyone, serve everyone, and feed everyone. Serve like Hanuman without selfishness and greed. This is the key to realizing God.”
– Radhanath Swami
#29
“Our inner depth should be as much as the ocean, so we are not fazed by the external praise or criticism. For that, we must truly do work that is meaningful to us, have love in our heart for others and help people. That is when we achieve inner depth.”
– Radhanath Swami
#30
“When things are unified, they are beautiful. What makes music beautiful? Harmony. And What is harmony? Unity.”
– Radhanath Swami
#31
“Everyone is a child of God. God loves all of his children. If I wish to love God, I must learn to love those whom he loves.”
– Radhanath Swami
#32
“If we become overly attached to externals, we may forget their very purpose: to purify the heart”
– Radhanath Swami
#33
“What really impresses the hearts of people is not miraculous feats but genuine humility, integrity and a true sense of love achieved through service.”
– Radhanath Swami
#34
“Everything that takes place in our life is God revealing His miraculous, incredible mercy upon us.”
– Radhanath Swami
#35
“If you love God, you can’t hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn’t die, rather it manifests in the form of compassion. That is universal love. It is not just a sentiment. It cannot be manifested merely by a shift in mental disposition. It can only come from inner cleaning, an inner awakening.”
– Radhanath Swami
#36
“We cannot always change the circumstances, but we can always adjust our consciousness.”
– Radhanath Swami
#37
“Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers, and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.”
– Radhanath Swami
#38
“If someone takes responsibility without force that is love.”
– Radhanath Swami
#39
“Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.”
– Radhanath Swami
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#40
“Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.”
– Radhanath Swami
#41
“What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.”
– Radhanath Swami
#42
“If we have love of God in our life, it really does not matter whether we don’t have anything or whether we have everything; we will be satisfied because of that love.”
– Radhanath Swami
#43
Real knowledge and education is not about storing masses of data in our brain; it means to have the wisdom to see every human being with equal vision.
– Radhanath Swami
#44
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
– Radhanath Swami
#45
If our mind is in conflict, not balanced with our body and with the needs of the soul, then there is a fundamental disunity in our life. Only if we have unity within ourselves, we can create unity in the world around us. You can’t give something you don’t have, even if you have all good intentions.
– Radhanath Swami
#46
If we do the right thing with right intent, that is our success.
– Radhanath Swami
#47
In my path, three things are really important. One is associating with people who inspire us with their positive influence. The company we keep is very important. Number two is our spiritual practice. Putting aside sacred time every day to make that journey within, to tune into the frequency of our true nature and the love and the grace that is within us. Number three is to try living with ethical, moral and spiritual values, which culminates in unselfish service.
– Radhanath Swami
#48
Things can give pleasure to the mind and senses, but only love can give pleasure to the heart. And ultimately, that is what we are looking for.
– Radhanath Swami
#49
It is not the light that is needed in this world but the warmth because we will die out of cold but not out of darkness.
– Radhanath Swami
#50
Moon is like Soul. Clouds are like all the situations in our life, relationships, youth, etc. Wind is like the Time. Just like the wind moves the clouds, Time moves all the situations in our life. But the soul is always the same and not on the temporary situations. One who focuses on soul is a moon-like person.
– Radhanath Swami
We hope you are inspired by these Radhanath Swami Quotes as much as we are!