Persons who want to take advantage of cheap reputation they imitate great personalities like Haridasa Thakura, who was alone chanting 300,000 of Holy Names daily.

By such chanting, lonely chanting he got so much spiritual power that he could convert even a harlot to become a great devotee whereas an ordinary person falls easily a victim to such allurement.  So one should not imitate such great personalities but one should try to see how much taste he has developed for chanting, so that one can remain alone simply being engaged in chanting.
  - Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

 Instead of being a slave of the senses, if one voluntarily becomes the slave of Krishna, or His representative, that is good for him. This is maya, thinking that we are independent. We are slaves - every moment we are serving our senses.

We are slaves to so many abominable things, to drugs, intoxication, sex, doing the most abominable things in the service of the senses. So it is not slavish when one agrees to become slave of Krishna and His representative, then this is liberated position, liberated from being slave to the senses.
- Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

Service of Krishna is so nice that one becomes enthusiastic to serve more and more. That is the nature of spiritual service.
  - Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

  It is your good fortune that you can serve Krishna in so many ways  - to work, to write, to speak, to paint, to build - all of these talents must be employed in Krishna's service. That will make you perfect.
- Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

We are so fortunate to be in this human form of life, and to have the opportunity and the capacity to serve Krishna, and as there is very little time, we must do as much each day as we possibly can to serve Krishna, and to become always engaged in thoughts and activities of Krishna.
- Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

Maya may try to pull us from Krishna's service, and try to engage us in her service, but we must simply persevere, and try to do as much as possible for Krishna each day, and gradually it will be easier and easier to keep engaged in Krishna Consciousness activities.

And pray to Krishna to please keep us always engaged in the service of His Lotus Feet. Krishna is very kind, and He is never ungrateful, and will give you more and more opportunity to serve Him.
That is His Mercy.
  - Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968