Radhanath Swami is a guide, community builder, activist, and a celebrated author. He has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and a spiritual teacher for more than 40 years. He is the inspiration behind ISKCON’s free midday meal for 1.2 million school kids across India, and he has been instrumental in founding the Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai. He works largely from Mumbai in India and travels extensively throughout Europe and America. May his quotes inspire you to love others so that you may make the world a better place.
1. “To the degree we have love and harmony in our heart, to that degree we can give it to others.” Radhanath Swami
2. “There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.” Radhanath Swami
3. “If you sincerely want to love God, you must learn to forgive.” Radhanath Swami
4. “Take the precious moments that we have very seriously and invest them in the best possible way. This is true intelligence and wisdom.” Radhanath Swami
5. “God loves each of us whoever we are or are not, whatever we’ve done or not, nothing can change this eternal truth: the Supreme loves is unconditionally and eternally.” Radhanath Swami
6. “As faith deepens, we look for a deeper exchange of love with God.” Radhanath Swami
7. “If someone takes responsibility without force that is love.” Radhanath Swami
8. “Love means sacrifice. Love means service. As long as we have an individual, personal, egoistic desire to enjoy, there is going to be conflict, and then we cannot wholeheartedly love each other.” Radhanath Swami
9. “Love is not to want peace, but to want service.” Radhanath Swami
10. “Pure water means you do not add anything to it, but take out all the contamination. Similarly, pure love means you don’t put anything external; rather you take out all the dirt from your heart, and then you will experience pure love of God.” Radhanath Swami
11. “Love is Everlasting Forgiveness.” Radhanath Swami
12. “The greatest power of those who are learned and realized is the power of love and the power of forgiveness.” Radhanath Swami
13. “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
14. “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
15. “A person’s accomplishments induce respect and adoration from another person’s mind, but it doesn’t go beyond that. But a person’s character induces respect and love from other people’s hearts.” Radhanath Swami
16. “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
17. “The goal of life is to love God, and in order for us to love God, we have to love each other.” Radhanath Swami
18. “Faith is the symptom of love of God, and surrender to Him is the manifestation of that love.” Radhanath Swami
19. “The way to love and unity is giving credit and glory to each other. Then there is no competition and envy.” Radhanath Swami
20. “We cannot force our way into the spiritual world. We cannot force our way to realization. Everything can only come by mercy. God bestows his mercy and reveals himself according to the devotional love that we have.” Radhanath Swami
21. “If a spiritual person has love, peace, self-control, and compassion, we can understand that he or she is actually connected properly to his or her roots.” Radhanath Swami
22. “Love means reciprocation. Therefore, you can’t love buildings or cars or money because there is no reciprocation.” Radhanath Swami
23. “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
24. “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
25. “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
26. “The basis of happiness is relationships. And what makes relationships satisfying is true love centered around God.” Radhanath Swami
27. “God wants to give all of his love to us, and all he wants in return is whatever little love a soul has. We just offer that love to him and all the love he has, as the Supreme Lord, he is willing to give us that in return.” Radhanath Swami
28. “Spiritual love is unconditional not only for God but for every living being because every living being is part and parcel of God.” Radhanath Swami
29. “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
30. “People don’t really love us for what we accomplish. People actually love us for our character and goodness.” Radhanath Swami
31. “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
32. “What the world needs for true happiness is a shift from exploitation to service, arrogance to humility, selfish cruelty to compassion, and hatred to love.” Radhanath Swami
33. “Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.” Radhanath Swami
34. “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
35. “When love of God awakens in our heart selfless service is also attained.” Radhanath Swami
