Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

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

A spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master.

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

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

The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.