We should avoid association of those who may distract our attention from Krishna. Sometimes devotees may not be so serious. It is not that everybody is immediately an advanced devotee simply by taking up the chanting of Hare Krishna. So we have to make some distinction, but we should be careful, that we do not become envious and criticize somebody because he is not an advanced devotee. The best way to help other devotees is to be a good example oneself.
October 16, 1992, St Petersburg