How can anyone be a genuine friend when he is thinking of himself first? He has to give up this selfish mentality. Then he can be a real friend of all living entities. Only a devotee can give up this selfish mentality. A devotee can give up this selfish mentality because he doesn't need anything from anyone. He has found out how to become satisfied, without having to need anything from anyone, because he knows that there is only thing he really needs, which is to establish his relationship with Krishna.
October 14, 1993, Perm