A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.

When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.

To kill nothing, that is love.

If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.

Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.

One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.

This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.

Our reality defines itself by people who strive for change

This is it. This is how I always saw heaven, always by the sea, always by night, always in the dark.

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

We Masons are among the fortunate ones who are taught to meet together with others opposing convictions or competitive ideas and yet respect each other as Brothers.

Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.

With a little faith in themselves people, people can do miraculous things. But without it, they have a really tough time.

The world as dreamed and the world as lived cross-pollinate each other.

There is therefore a tremendous mystery in the fact that God may be united with man and the man with God.

If Man retained faith in God, he might also retain faith in Man.

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.