A good leader is hard like a thunderbolt and soft like a rose. One without the other does not work. If a leader is just soft like a rose, he cannot train anyone. If he is just hard like a thunderbolt, he will burn everyone out. – Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami on Real Honesty
Honesty doesn’t simply mean that we sin and then confess that we did it. Real honesty means to try living a life free of sins. – Radhanath Swami
Duties of a Leader
The future of any society depends on how the leaders make every possible plan to protect, sustain and enliven its members on every possible level. – Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami on Personal Improvement
If we are not striving to improve and go forward, the current of this world will force us to go backward…like swimming upstream in a river. – Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami on Developing Character
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
Radhanath Swami on Culture
Philosophy is like a product and culture is like the packaging. Without proper packaging the product will not be protected. Nor will it even look attractive. – Radhanath Swami
Purification
Purification means bringing something back to its natural state. Just like pure water means there is no contamination in it. – Radhanath Swami
Action of a Spiritualist
Philosophy without proper behaviour is practically useless. – Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami on Real Love
Real love means service devoted to the welfare of another person, even if the person is inimical towards us. That is the test of love. – Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami on Simplicity
Simplicity means without duplicity. A simple person has no ulterior motives. He speaks honestly & politely to encourage others. – Radhanath Swami
