"Hallelujah" is a joyous expression the Christians have, but "Hare Krishna" has a mystical side to it. It's more than just glorifying God; it's asking to become His servant. And because of the way the mantra is put together, with the mystic spiritual energy contained in those syllables, it's much closer to God than the way Christianity currently seems to be representing Him.

I used to think that having many material things would increase one's stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don't make the man at all.

A little understanding of "As you sow, so shall you reap" is important, because then you can't blame the condition you're in on anyone else.

We don't, as a collective life on this planet, all get groovy together or all sink into ignorance together. One by one we liberate our souls, our individual souls, from the cycle by our own realizations.

I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.

No truth could ever fear me.

Without going out of my door I can know all things on Earth.