Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes, but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.

Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood (before), all must he set at naught, that he may enter the Realm of the Spirit, which is the City of God.

With spiritual growth comes new creative potential, leading to the realization that you are pure potential, able to fill any creative impulse.

Bhakti yoga is the science of transforming material into spiritual by harmonizing our relationships, talents, and property in devotion to the Lord.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

You can live in the world and yet be spiritual. To be spiritual means to be aware of the Reality all the time.

Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.

Fearlessness is very important. One should constantly remain in spiritual delight, so that no fear is entertained. Fearlessness comes from knowing that God is with us, and that we are with God.

The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.

Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.

The moral task of man is a process of spiritualization. All creatures are go-betweens, and we are placed in time that by diligence in spiritual business we may grow liker and nearer to God. The aim of man is beyond the temporal - in the serene region of the everlasting Present.

The only thing I expect from you is that you will become so absorbed in Kriya that you will be atmarama [one who rejoices in the Self or in the Supreme Spirit].

Spiritual Awakening is awakening from the dream of thought.

There should be a spirit of dialogue. Whenever we see any disagreements, we must think how to solve them on the basis of recognition of oneness of the entire humanity. This is the modern reality.

When a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.

To comprehend the subtle spiritual truth, citta (memory) must be free from impurities and imbalances through the practice of meditation. Only in this way can one enter into the state of realization.

As the shell, the pith and the kernel of the fruit are all produced from one parent seed of the tree, so from the one Lord is produced the whole of creation, animate and inanimate, spiritual and material.

Divine desperateness is the beginning of spiritual awakening because it gives rise to the aspiration for God-realisation.

Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself.

In the spiritual journey, you cannot be a wine taster, you have to become a drunk.

Spiritual advancement without mind control is simply an illusion.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.