My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.

You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only.

To the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us.

Humility is practical application of knowledge.

In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.

Renunciation doesn't mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.