If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaA grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaReligion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaThere is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word "Krishna," and Christ is derived from Kristos.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaIt is imperative that one approaches a spiritual master, for by such association one proportionately develops his consciousness towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaThe artist draws a picture of a rose very nicely with all attention and artistic sense, and yet it does not become as perfect as the real rose. If that is the real fact, how can we say that the real rose has taken its shape without Intelligence behind the beauty?
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada