Swami Kriyananda Quotes & Sayings

Success is achieving what one really wants. — Swami Kriyananda

Society cannot but depend to a disproportionate degree on its capable few to develop and flourish. — Swami Kriyananda

Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own. — Swami Kriyananda

The two-fold goal of all human striving is the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of happiness. — Swami Kriyananda

A human being, in order to function fully and effectively in this world, needs to develop in himself all four of these tools of maturity: 1) physical energy and bodily self-control; 2) emotional calmness and expansive feeling; 3) dynamic, persistent will power; and 4) a clear-sighted, practical intellect. Remove any one of these aspects from the equation and the equation itself becomes distorted. Each aspect depends for its perfection on the other three ... These tools are best developed in sequence: bodily awareness first, then sensitivity of feeling, then will power, and last of all, intellect. — Swami Kriyananda

The company you keep is important. If you leave your coat in a room where people are smoking, pretty soon it will smell of smoke. If you leave it outside in the garden, later on, when you bring it indoors, it will carry with it the fragrance of fresh air and flowers.
"Such is the case with the mind. Your garment of thoughts absorbs the vibrations of those with whom you mix. — Swami Kriyananda

Those who walk, run, or slide downhill eagerly would rather not think about the long, hard climb back up the hill again. — Swami Kriyananda

The mastery of any subject requires that one identify himself with the particular state of consciousness appropriate to that subject. — Swami Kriyananda