"Bhagavad-git  informs us that in this body there is a proprietor. I am the proprietor, and others are the proprietors of their bodies. I say, "My hand," but not "I hand." Since it is "my hand," I am different from the hand, being its owner. Similarly, we speak of " My eye,'; "My leg," "My this," "My that." In the midst of all of these objects which belong to me, where am I? The search for the answer to this ques­ tion is the process of meditation. In real meditation, we ask, "Where am I?  at am I?" We cannot find the answers to these questions by any material effort," ( The Matchless Gift, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakt danta Sw i  abhup da, p.5) 


"According to the law of karma, or the law govern­ ing activities, if we act properly and perform pious activities, we are awarded by good fortune, and if we act sinfully we have to suffer." ( The Matchless Gift, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakt danta Sw i  abhup da, p.25) 


"Human life, however, should be more elevated. One should not simply be interested in the animalis­ tic functions of eating, sleeping, defending and mating. A living entity may have an abundant supply of food for eating, or many nice buildings for sleep­ ing, or good arrangements for sex life, or a good de­ fense to protect him, but this does not mean that he is a human being. A civilization which is based on these activities should be known to be animalistic." ( The Matchless Gift, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakt danta Sw i  abhup da, p.27)