We have to see the spark, the potential for devotional service in every living being. Everyone has it. If they don't display that potential, then as Vaisnavas, as preachers of Krsna consciousness, we should be compassionate upon them and be thinking that if they are not displaying their potential for devotional service, maybe it is because some Vaisnava hasn't been merciful to them and hasn't touched their heart. Instead of looking at their faults or looking at their material qualification, we should see their spiritual qualification.
September 5, 2010, Almaty, Vaisnava Compassion