“Forgetting Krsna, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy [maya] gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence. In the material condition, the living entity is sometimes raised to higher planetary systems and material prosperity and sometimes drowned in a hellish situation. His state is exactly like that of a criminal whom a king punishes by submerging him in water and then raising him again from the water.”

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu – Sri Caitanya caritamrta, Madhya-lila 20.117-118

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“It has been conclusively decided in the scriptures, after due consideration, that the ultimate goal for the welfare of human society is detachment from the bodily concept of life and increased and steadfast attachment for the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental, beyond the modes of material nature.”

Prthu Maharaja – Srimad Bhagavatam 4.22.21

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"By one’s engaging in the processes of demigod worship, austerities, breath control, compassion, bathing in holy places, strict vows, charity, and chanting of various mantras, one’s mind cannot attain the same absolute purification as that achieved when the unlimited Personality of Godhead appears within one’s heart."

Bhumi Devi – Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.48

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“Do not discriminate in your heart between enemies and friends; make your mind equipoise toward everyone. Except for the uncontrolled and misguided mind, there is no enemy within this world. When one sees everyone on the platform of equality, one then comes to the position of worshiping the Lord perfectly.”

Prahlada Maharaja – Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.8.9

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“Under no circumstances can the words of persons bewildered by the illusory energy of the Lord deviate the intelligence of those who are completely surrendered souls.”

Sri Uddhav – Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.2.10

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"For a person who is suffering in the fire of countless miseries and who desires to cross the insurmountable ocean of material existence, there is no suitable boat except that of cultivating devotion to the transcendental taste for the narrations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s pastimes."

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami – Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.4.40

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"The beauty of the cuckoo is her sweet voice. The beauty of a woman is her chastity. The beauty of an ugly person is his knowledge. And the beauty of an ascetic is his power of forgiveness."

Canakya Pandita

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"Every creature is born alone and dies alone, and alone one experiences the just rewards of his good and evil deeds."

Sri Akrura – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.49.21

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"After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto me, knowing me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare."

Lord Sri Krsna – Bhagavad-gita 7.19

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"One has to have great strength of mind to know the truth. If one wants to learn to swim, he must not be afraid of water. At the same time, one should know that saranagati, or the path of exclusive surrender, is not a difficult thing. In fact, it is very easy and natural for the soul. Anything which is opposed to it – that is unnatural and painful."

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura – Reply to a disciple’s question

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"For a person devoid of devotional service, birth in a great family or nation, knowledge of the revealed scripture, performance of austerities and penance, and chanting of Vedic mantras are all like ornaments on a dead body. Such ornaments simply serve the concocted pleasures of the general populace."

Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya 3.12

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"An intelligent person should reject all bad association and instead take up the association of saintly devotees, whose words cut off the excessive attachment of one’s mind."

Lord Sri Krsna – Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.26.26

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"My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of your personality."

Lord Brahma’s prayers to Lord Krishna – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.29

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"Although maya [illusion] is false or temporary, the background of maya is the supreme magician, the Personality of Godhead, who is Mahesvara, the supreme controller."

Svetasvatara Upanisad 4.10

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"It is very much regrettable that unfortunate people do not discuss the description of the Vaikuntha [spiritual] planets but engage in topics that are unworthy to hear and bewilder one’s intelligence. Those who give up the topics of Vaikuntha and take to talk of the material world are thrown into the darkest region of ignorance."

Lord Brahma – Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.15.23

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"The sun is naturally warm, the moon naturally cool, the earth naturally tolerant, the wind naturally restless, the saints naturally grave, and the ocean naturally deep. Similarly, Krsna is naturally controlled by love."

Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami – Sri Govinda-lilamrta

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"Only to those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of the Vedic knowledge automatically revealed."

Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.38

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"One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things. What, then, can be illusion or anxiety for him?"

Sri Isopanisad, Mantra Seven

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"In the teachings of Sriman Mahaprabhu, there are two principal instructions: developing the taste for chanting of holy names and displaying compassion for the fallen souls."

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur – Sri Caitanya Siksamrita 1.7

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"One who has unflinching devotion for the Personality of Godhead has all the good qualities of the demigods. But one who is not a devotee of the Lord has only material qualifications that are of little value."

Prahlada Maharaja – Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.18.12

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