If you visit a temple, you can see pictures of God, you can see the Deity form of the Lord, and you can just hear Him by listening to yourself and others say the mantra. It's just a way of realizing that all the senses can be applied toward perceiving God, and it makes it that much more appealing, seeing the pictures, hearing the mantra, smelling the incense, flowers, and so on.

People have to have a desire within themselves to know who they are and the reason why they are in this body.

Chanting Hare Krishna can make a person a better Christian.

Some got rabies, some got fleas, some got incurable diseases from this cockamamie business.

That was the thing about Prabhupada, you see. He didn't just talk about loving Krishna and getting out of this place, but he was the perfect example. He talked about always chanting, and he was always chanting. I think that that in itself was perhaps the most encouraging thing for me. It was enough to make me try harder, to be just a little bit better. He was a perfect example of everything he preached.

Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature

With most of the people you just communicate you don't have to talk.