“To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.”

Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, “Guru Kripa”, it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.

We should be in harmony with our own consciousness; our mind, body, and soul should be one in interest and in purpose. And in that unified condition, we can actually express that natural innate love that we have found in our own life in everything we do in the world.

Application of humility is service.

Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.

Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.

When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities.

Sometimes the Lord gives us a free sample of religious experience, but for more, we must pay a price with the currency of sincere dedication to the process of cleansing.

By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.

We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.

When we face difficulties and still remain faithful to Krishna and spiritual master we access the infinite mercy of their hearts.

Essence of humility is unity.

A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity of the heart, goodness of the heart is a person who could actually make a difference in peoples lives in a very positive way.

The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation.

Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.

Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.

We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.

Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code – a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that these techniques are in the hands of the wrong people-or, rather, there aren’t any right people.

That’s how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.

The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime.

I am honored and quite proud that a class is being taught on my sensationalist lyrics, unique style and fashion and leadership role within the hip-hop community.

Would America have been America without her Negro people?

A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.

We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.