Radhanath Swami Quotes

There's a blessing in everything that happens to us.

When you face adversity . . . don't' ask: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? Rather ask: What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial?

You know people just assume, 'Well, all my life I'll be a worrier.' That doesn't have to be true. There's a way to drink from God's presence so much that worry begins to dissipate.

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.

I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.

I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.

When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'

When life is good and we have no problems, we can almost let ourselves believe we have no need for God. But in my experience, sometimes the richest blessings come through pain and hard things.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

Within all of us is a divine capacity to manifest and attract all that we need and desire.

I was always spiritual, even as a child. I was taught to pray, show gratitude. We had an attitude of gratitude. Even if life was ugly, bad or sad - we prayed.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

Every burden is a blessing.

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.

Contemplate the good things in your life and be grateful for them.

Look, I haven't had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.

In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction.

Growing up in a trailer, you think everything you get is good. I always thought it was a gift from God, because some people are out here struggling and on the street. We had warmth. We had clothes. We had a roof over our head.

I am God's perfect son. And I am love and my life shall never lack in love.

I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?