It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.

I never surf (the Net). I don't know the password.

I want the Pope to have the Christ consciousness. I don't want to just talk about Christ.

There's a point in me where it's beyond sad, seeing the state of the world today. It's so screwed up. It's terrible, and it will be getting worse and worse. More concrete everywhere, more pollution, more radioactivity. There's no wilderness left, no pure air. They're chopping the forests down. They're polluting all the oceans.

We can go up or we can do down. I think generally the world is going on an upward swing. We're in a part of a cycle where people are discovering more. The communications are better. We're getting more into the subtle electricities that control the universe.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

Prasadam's a good little hook in this age of commercialism. When people want something extra, or they need to have something special, prasadam will hook them in there. It's undoubtedly done a great deal toward getting a lot more people involved in spiritual life.