“Taking responsibility of others means to be selfless. We have to put aside our own well being and desires as secondary and to think primarily of what is best for the persons who are looking up to us.”

The challenge of co-operation in today’s age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God.

There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.

To measure whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.

When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless we humbly serve the instructions of the great soul, it is Krishna’s arrangement the He never reveals Himself.

Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.

The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto him.

Humility is practical application of knowledge.

You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only.

Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.

Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world.

We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.

Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God; if we just look for them.

Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.

A devotee’s life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.

Renunciation means death of false ego.

Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.

Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

I respect the Congress’s oversight responsibility.