“Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.”

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.

The greatest leader is not someone who is the only leader. The greatest leader is one who inspires others to be leaders.

To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.

An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.

When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.

“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.

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.

Everything is possible at any one competition.

Life is about strategy not tragedy. Make the best one.

One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing.

No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But I’m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role. I love being with people.

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.

Words are one thing – deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.