Quotes from Goswami Kriyananda

The "kingdom of heaven" to which he referred was the state of God-consciousness, not the beautiful astral heavens that most people visualize, where virtuous souls go after death.

Whatever you experience outwardly, take it within yourself and say 'I'm happy because I'm happy. I'm happy because God is in my heart.'

Live more quietly. Live more seeking God's presence in your own heart.

The greatest thing that will please God is that you maintain an attitude of unshakable joy.

If you want to do one good thing in the world, the best thing you can do is give other people joy.

Be thou a true yogi. A yogi who understands that everything he's looking for is really inside himself. Learn to live more in the Self.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

A deliberate attitude that you have to hold in your mind as one of the basic rules of yoga is to remain even-minded and cheerful.

Become more and more centered in the Self. To live more and more in the thought that God is here in your consciousness.

Laughter is a medicine you've got to use to drive away blues.

Feel that you are happy without any cause for happiness.

Happiness is reverence for all life.

Realize that to have friends one must first be a friend. Make friendship a priority in your life.

That's what life is for, to find that joy in yourself.

Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right action leads always, in the end, to victory.

Master said if you want to be happy no one in the world can take happiness from you; if you want to be unhappy, no one in the world can make you happy. So choose to be happy.

Happiness is like a plant: It must be watered daily with giving thoughts and actions.

Even-minded and cheerful. When things go bad, you'll find that the same kind of attitude comes to you naturally.