We should all aspire that we can live this life in subordination to a devotee of the Lord, and give up the foolish idea that we can be independent in this material world. It will not happen. It cannot happen. And the only way to become free from that illusion is to take shelter of the mercy of the devotees. That is the greatest fortune.
2009-11-04, Minsk, "What is actual independence" (Vyasa puja journal, Jan 2010, pg 47)