Chanting doesn't stop you from being creative or productive. It actually helps you concentrate. I think this would make a great sketch for television: imagine all the workers on the Ford assembly line in Detroit, all of them chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna while bolting on the wheels. Now that would be wonderful. It might help out the auto industry, and probably there would be more decent cars too.

The purpose of life is to find out 'Who am I?', 'Why am I here?' and 'Where am I going?'

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

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

"In the beginning was the word" and that's the thing about Krishna, saying Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, so it's not the word that you're saying, it's the sound: Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna and it's just sounds and it's great.

I have suffered for this book; now it's your turn.

You don't need a passport and you don't need no visas, you don't need to designate or emigrate before you can see Jesus.