Antoine R. Ivins quotes

“The law of chastity is not a negative proposition, but a positive one because in its observance there are spiritual values that far outweigh the physical dangers that we often emphasize. I believe the chances are that our children will respond to the positive attitude quicker and more thoroughly than they do to the negative. Let's show them the values that there are in that law.”
-- Antoine R. Ivins

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“If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.”
-- Antoine R. Ivins

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“We begin life with the natural, next we come into the spiritual; but then, when we have truly received the kingdom of God and His righteousness, the natural is added to the spiritual, and we are able to receive the gifts of His providence and the blessings of life without becoming centered in them or allowing them to separate us from Him.”

“If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen.”

“Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.”

“This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.”

“A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.”

“By the grace of the spiritual master the cloud of the mercy of the Personality of Godhead is brought in, and then only, when the rains of Krishna consciousness fall, can the fire of material existence be extinguished.”

“To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.”

“It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.”

Source : "Once upon a life" by A. N. Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2011.

“If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.”

Source : "Adam Yauch on Happiness: Part Two". Interview with Randy Taran, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2012.

“This state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the conservation of the community, is really the first premise for every truly human culture... The basic attitude from which such activity arises, we call-to distinguish it from egoism and selfishness-idealism. By this we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men.”