There is a story that one fool was sitting on a branch of a tree and he was cutting it off. And somebody said, “You’ll fall down.” “Ha, fall down.” But when he fell down he said, “Oh, you are a great astrologer.” So who goes to the astrologer? Only fools and rascals. No sane man goes. What is to happen, that will happen. Why shall I go to astrologer?
- Mayapur, March 14, 1976.

The Super soul will never fall under the clutches of this illusory maya and the jiva soul has this tendency. So there is distinction, yet, the two, Super soul and jiva soul are also the same as much as the sunlight and the Sun are qualitatively the same… When the jiva soul accepts the dictates of the Supreme consciousness Super soul, his activities will no longer be for the sake of personal sense gratification but will be only for the purpose of gratifying the senses of Krishna. This attitude of service is the perfection of the living entity.
- Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

The more one understands that Krishna is my friend and my duty is to serve my Dearest Friend, the more one can know that he is advancing in Krishna Consciousness.
- Correspondence, Los Angeles, November 1968

The powerful hari-nama is so strong that even if one unconsciously or consciously, they imitate “Hare Krishna.” They have no intention to chant the holy name of Krishna, but they imitate or criticize, “Hare Krishna.” That also has effect.
- Calcutta, January 10, 1971.

Love affairs in the material world are only shadows or reflections of the real love with Krishna. If you love Krishna in any capacity, you shall never be frustrated because everything in Krishna is perfect, eternal, blissful and full of knowledge.
- Letter to Kanchanbala, January 14, 1968.

Sometimes somebody takes his bird in the field and lets him loose, out of the cage, and the bird goes and then again comes into the cage. This human form of body is just like being let loose. Now you get the freedom of flying away from the cage of birth and death, but that we will not do. We will enter again. We are not interested how to get out of the cage. We are again and again coming back to the cage.
- Calcutta, March 9, 1972.

I do not say, “Follow me.” I say, “Follow Krishna.” Krishna says, “Surrender unto Me.” I say, “Surrender unto Krishna.” Is there any difference?
My position is simply repeating, because Krishna says, “Anyone who preaches this confidential subject matter, he is dear to Me.”
- Allahabad, January 18, 1971. Actually, Krsna is living in His original form in Goloka Vrndavana. This form, Krsna, Radha-Krsna, this is the form in Goloka Vrndavana. Venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam [Bs. 5.30]. In the spiritual world there is no such thing as killing the Kamsa, Hiranyakasipu. That is in the material world.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.26.45
Bombay, January 20, 1975