Srila Prabhupada’s confidence in his books

Last night Dhananjaya dasa reminded us of your confidence in your literary
solution to the problem of spiritual institutions surviving in the material
world. You told him that even if all the GBCs, temple presidents, and
pujaris leave your mission, your books are everywhere, and consequently some
sincere soul will read them and know exactly how to start the Hare Krsna
movement again. You urged that your disciples strive to get the reward for
assisting you, but then you declared that even if we fail you, someone else
will certainly arise in the future, just by reading your books, and get the
credit.
From Devamrta Swami’s Vyasa-puja offering, 2002