Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.

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.

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.

Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.

Humble people dont get Offended easily.

When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.

The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.

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

Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.

Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude.

The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would have thought that this would be going on right now.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war.

I'm paid to be lucky and that means making your own luck - getting yourself in the right position, in front of the right subject at the right time, and in the right light.

To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world.

Things at home didn't change much. I still have to clean my own room!