Krsna is stealing butter. That means Krsna has stealing propensity. But the difference is that Krsna’s stealing butter is worshiped, and my stealing is beaten with shoes. [laughter] That is the difference. So we should not imitate Krsna.

Srila Prabhupada /Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.26.19 – December 28, 1974, Bombay