It has been conclusively decided in the scriptures, after due consideration, that the ultimate goal for the welfare of human society is detachment from the bodily concept of life and increased and steadfast attachment for the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental, beyond the modes of nature.
Sri Sanat-kumara
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.22.21
Rejecting all other desires, abandoning philosophical speculation and fruitive work, and refraining from the worship of the demigods and demigoddesses, I shall worship and serve Lord Krsna with my body and mind in the company of other devotees.
Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
Prema-bhakti-candrika
I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.
Lord Sri Krsna
Bhagavad-gita
The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee greets other people with tolerance, mercy, friendship, and equality.
Svayambhuva Manu
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.11.13
Fear arises when a living entity misidentifies himself as the material body because of absorption in the external, illusory energy of the Lord. When the living entity thus turns away from the Supreme Lord, he also forgets his own constitutional position as a servant of the Lord. This bewildering, fearful condition is effected by the potency for illusion, called maya.
Sri Kavi Rsi
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.37
In modern civilized society, slaughterhouses are regularly maintained and supported by a certain type of religious principle. But without knowledge of the presence of God in every living entity, any so-called advancement of human civilization, either spiritual or material, is to be understood as being in the mode of ignorance.
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.29.22, purport
Children and foolish people are attached to materialistic, fruitive activities, although the actual goal of life is to become free from such activities. Therefore, the Vedic injunctions indirectly lead one to the path of ultimate liberation by first prescribing fruitive religious activities, just as a father promises his child candy so that the child will take his medicine.
Sri Pippalayana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.44