If we do not become very simple servants of Krsna, problems will increase. It will never be solved. If you have got any other desire than to serve Krsna, then the problems will increase. It will never decrease. Therefore bhakti begins, anyabhilasita-sunyam [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11].

Srila Prabhupada — September 5, 1976, Vrndavana