“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.”

For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything.

Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.

In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.

We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.

Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.

Speak the essence and live by it.

The most transformative and gentle humility and pride. But they transform in opposite ways.

Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.

A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.

When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.

There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.

I came to the conclusion that unless I found myself and became the change I wanted to see in the world – as Gandhi said – I couldn’t contribute much, nor would there be anything fulfilling or meaningful in my life. So I went on a spiritual search.

Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.

What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.

Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna.

The philosophy has always been pretty clean and straightforward, which is that if I see something that I like and I can see it’s value to the audience and it’s value to me then I’m going to take my shot at it regardless at the genre.

Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.

Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.

If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.

I don’t wanna play your game, boy. Cleanin’ up the messes that you make.