Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"Your chanting may not be stopped; it does not matter where you chant। For chanting there are no hard and fast rules, so if you are absent for chanting Hare Krsna somewhere else, it is as good as chanting in the temple."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"Even there may be some problems, always try to remain in Krishna Consciousness। Do not give up chanting simply due to some external difficulties. Under all circumstance you should always chant Hare Krishna."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

1972 June 11: "It is the duty of the brahminical class to advise the leaders, not that they shall themselves serve as leaders। In your country many fools elect the biggest fool to be their leader, it is like one blind man leading so many other blind men."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"Unless one is a resident of Krishna Loka, one cannot be a Spiritual Master। That is the first proposition. A layman cannot be a Spiritual Master, and if he becomes so then he will simply create disturbance."

Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā, Lecture New York, July 28, 1971.

"Govindam ādi-puruṣam tam ahaṁ bhajāmi ।We are worshiping the original person, ādi-puruṣam। Original person... As we are all persons, our origin is also a person. We should always understand this. Ādi-puruṣam. The same example. Unless my forefather was a person, how his son, his son, his son—I am the last—we are persons? So the original father, the supreme father, or God, or Kṛṣṇa, must be a person, not imperson. We should always remember. Govindam ādi-puruṣam tam ahaṁ bhajāmi".

We are worshiping the original person, original person... As we are all persons, our origin is also a person। We should always understand this. The same example. Unless my forefather was a person, how his son, his son, his son—I am the last—we are persons? So the original father, the supreme father, or God, or Kṛṣṇa, must be a person, not imperson. We should always remember.

Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"Yes, preach as much as possible। Preaching is our life. Travel, here and there, holding kirtana, distributing prasadam and books and speak our philosophy very nicely."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"We are all eternal family members of the Lord। We are all gathering together in families of Krishna. In this Krishna Consciousness Movement we are trying to establish a replica of Krishna's family in this material world."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1967.

"Receive one and all as our Master, and serve them with prasadam as diet and Krishna Kirtana as medicine for being free from materially disease। Follow this principle and Krishna will help us on our onward march."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1973.

"It is very important that we now expose the nonsense theories of these rascal scientists who assert that life comes from matter। They say that life comes from some chemicals, but where from these chemicals have come?"

Prabhupada Letters :: 1958.

"The whole idea is to preach the cult of Lord Caitanya who desired to bestow upon every living being the highest benefit by transcendental love of Godhead which alone can bring in peace in the world"।

Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"If you follow my instructions there is no doubt that through me, my Spiritual Master will be pleased, and through His mercy, Lord Nityananda। In this way Lord Caitanya and ultimately Radha Krsna will be pleased - and thus your life will be successful."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"That is advancement, to stick tightly to the orders of the Spiritual Master। Because my Guru Maharaja ordered it, I am also ordering it. Go on preaching, spread this Krsna Consciousness all over the world."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1975.

"There are many examples in history of persons who have been very much disabled but have also executed Krishna Consciousness। So, you should follow their example."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"Execute this Krishna Movement so that in this very life you shall enter into the abode of Krishna। As soon as one's service is recognized by Krishna, he is immediately called, 'Please come here."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"Now push on with full enthusiasm to save the fallen humanity. This Krsna Consciousness Movement is the only thing that will save them. You yourself become very convinced of this and be very bold in preaching Krsna Consciousness."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"We can never expect any kind of utopia, even in the spiritual world. Wherever there are persons there are bound to be differences. We should not expect any kind of perfect arrangement in this material world."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1970.

"You have asked some specific mantra. Srila Bhaktivinode says, 'When I chant Hare Krsna all my dangers are gone immediately.' So what other mantra can be more effective than Hare Krsna?"

Prabhupada Letters :: 1968.

"Don't wait for next life for finishing up the business of Krishna Consciousness; try to finish up in this life. And pray if it is unfinished, Krishna may give you chance to take birth in a family where the father and mother are in Krishna Consciousness."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"In everything we do, devotion and sincerity are the real things. The procedure may not be very right - but the desire being sincere - the Lord accepts our offering."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"We should always remember that Krishna is always grateful to His devotees. If some ordinary man gives sufficient remuneration to a worker, why Krishna will not give sufficient remuneration to His servants?"

Prabhupada Letters :: 1968.

"If we can change the materialistic nature of the tongue, by changing of taste and vibration, then automatically the other senses become purified. As such we should try to chant and eat Krishna prasadam as much as possible."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1972.

"Unless there is connection with a bona fide Spiritual Master there is no possibility of making progress in spiritual life. So I have established ISKCON centers for intimate connection with the bona fide Spiritual Master."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1969.

"If in a foreign country there is fire, one has to take help even though you don't know the language. So there is a blazing fire of maya, and we have to inform the people, even if we must use broken language. That is no fault."

Prabhupada Letters :: 1967.

"We invite every one, but when one comes into the confidence we initiate him in the process. Therefore our four principles of restriction must be adopted when one is serious about further enlightenment."