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I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way. -- Guru Nanak
Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore. -- Guru Nanak
One does not become a guru by accident. -- James Fenton
Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru. -- Krishna Das
My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too. -- Ram Dass
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me. -- Dick Dale
I am proud to be a Sikh and am a true disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his entire family for the Sikh religion. -- Harbhajan Singh
For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it's never been about fitness. It's always been about helping to empower people. -- Jillian Michaels
Guru, God and Self are One -- Ramana Maharshi
Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart. -- Radhanath Swami
Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna. -- Radhanath Swami
Who's your soul's mate? Consciousness. Soul is your conscious mate. Guru keeps you conscious. -- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The genuine Guru is God's representative and he speaks about God and nothing else. -- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Deep inside of you is a 'Guru' with the wisdom of the entire Universe! -- Erin Fall Haskell
Guru is not on the way to Krishna, Guru is 'the way' to Krishna. -- Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe. -- Ramakrishna
A Guru is not someone who holds a torch for you. He is the torch. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Just beneath the surface of all experiences in life is God's, or the Guru's, compassionate face. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth. -- Ramana Maharshi
So long as you have faith in your Guru, nothing will be able to obstruct your way. -- Swami Vivekananda
By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart. -- Radhanath Swami
When you choose a Guru you become a follower. When your Guru chooses you, you become a disciple -- Guruji Naushir
The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for. -- Alan Watts
The innermost light, shining peacefully and timelessly in the heart, is the real Guru. All others merely show the way. -- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love. -- Krishna Das
If anyone steps on your ego, instantly, he becomes your enemy. But a Guru is a friend who constantly tramples your ego. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Too much faith in personality has a tendency to produce weakness and idolatry, but intense love for the Guru makes rapid growth possible. -- Swami Vivekananda
Holy name alone is sufficient to take you back home back to godhead. However to cultivate the mood of surrender You need a Guru. -- Bhakti Charu Swami
I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point? -- Sadghuru
A Guru is there to show you what you are. You are not different from Me. Whatever I am, that is what you are. -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved. You must have strict morality. -- Swami Vivekananda
Look within, There is no difference between yourself, Self and Guru. You are always Free. There is no teacher, there is no student, there is no teaching. -- H. W. L. Poonja
Do you share my belief in Swami Vivekananda's dream that India will be a Jagad Guru once again? I see no reason for India to be left behind. -- Narendra Modi
You yourself are the Teacher, and the Pupil, you're the Master, you're the Guru, you are the Leader, you are Everything! And, to understand, is to transform what Is. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, "Guru Kripa", it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage. -- Radhanath Swami
Actually there's a very bad trend in some cults about how Guru's are supposed to be mean to their students, and there are some who revel in this and are abusive. -- Robert Thurman
When I was in India I met and conversed briefly with Shri Atmananda Guru of Trivandrum, and the question he gave me to ponder was this: 'Where are you between two thoughts? -- Joseph Campbell
A number of Guru's feel that there is something wrong or sick about being gay. I think it really doesn't matter what your sexual preference is; what matters is the quality of your love. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Parents give birth; the Guru gives life. These life-givers are the soul of the magnificent building. The school building which the government can construct is like the body, but the teachers are the soul. -- Narendra Modi
Have faith in Guru, in his teachings, and in the surety that you can get free. Think day and night that this universe is zero, only God is. Have intense desire to get free. -- Swami Vivekananda
The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you what to do with your life. You assume no responsibility. A lot of people want that free ride. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why - Warren Bennis, Leadership Guru It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief -- Ernest Becker
There is a theory that if you yearn sincerely enough for a Guru, you will find one. The universe will shift, destiny's molecules will get themselves organized and your path will soon intersect with the path of the master you need. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
I actually got a part in 'The Love Guru', that Mike Myers film. I heard it's awful. I got a Razzie award for it, which I'm quite proud of, but I still haven't seen it. I have no plans to branch out. -- Daniel Tosh
I dream of a society that is continuously creating knowledge, where each individual is a part of this creation, where youngsters can pursue courses with freedom of choice, where technology is used for universal access of education and yet the importance of the Guru is retained. -- Narendra Modi
For a seeker, Guru Purnima is a day of significance, is a day of New Year. It is the day to review one's progress on the spiritual path and renew one's determination and focus on the goal, and to resolve what one wants to do in the coming year -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord. -- Guru Gobind Singh
Meeting the True Guru, hunger departs, hunger does not depart by wearing the robes of a beggar. -- Guru Gobind Singh
Those who worship and adore the Lord through the Guru's Word forget all their pain and suffering. -- Guru Gobind Singh
Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord. -- Guru Gobind Singh
Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, the Immaculate, Almighty Lord God, meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord. -- Guru Nanak
Blessed, blessed is the Knower of the Lord, my True Guru, He has taught me to look upon friend and foe alike. -- Guru Gobind Singh
Those who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God they have fruitlessly, uselessly wasted their whole lives in vain. -- Guru Nanak
I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue. -- Guru Gobind Singh
Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru. Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who with his mouth, utters the Name of the Lord. -- Guru Gobind Singh
The word is the Guru, The Guru is the Word, For all nectar is enshrined in the world Blessed is the word which reveal the Lord's name But more is the one who knows by the Guru's grace. -- Guru Nanak
Deep within the self is the Light of God. It radiates throughout the expanse of His creation. Through the Guru's teachings, the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled. The heart lotus flower blooms forth and eternal peace is obtained, as one's light merges into the Supreme Light. -- Guru Amar Das
I never say I am a guru. -- Paulo Coelho
When you know how to listen everyone is the guru -- Ram Dass
A guru is needed not to worship, but to direct you. -- Alan Finger
The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. -- Chanakya
It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external. -- Neem Karoli Baba
I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there. -- Susan Powter
I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love everything in the universe. That's all I do all day. -- Ram Dass
Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path. -- Sivananda
My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me. -- Kailash Kher
Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did. -- Christopher Hitchens
The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple. -- Vivek Wadhwa
All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru. -- Rajneesh
All that a guru can tell you is: 'My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself. You are not the person you take yourself to be.' -- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
As for whether I am a 'new age guru', I am not at all. I help companies build employees who lead without a title and become high performers. -- Robin S. Sharma
In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me. -- Ram Dass
99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion. -- Radhanath Swami
I have my own spiritual guru, and I'm so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person. -- Ravi Shankar
Change is not in the hands of government, not in the hands of a leader or guru, and not in the hands of the powerful or wealthy. It is in our hands: the hands of each and every one of us. -- Shari Arison
I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it. -- M.I.A.
Information design has been around since the 1970s. Pioneers like Yale University design guru Edward Tufte and design agency Pentagram have long known and used its power. But now with the rise of the Internet, it's having something of a second birth. -- David McCandless
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru" - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement. -- Shimon Peres
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the 'guru' - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement. -- Shimon Peres
Death has such great importance in this society that it affects everything. I learned from my guru that death is not the enemy, I see it as another moment. Yet it's the end of an incarnation and means going on to other incarnations. -- Ram Dass
Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru. -- Joko Beck
If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That's the entrance to Oneness. That's the space I entered when I met my guru. -- Ram Dass
I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself. -- Cherie Lunghi
When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers. -- Ian Mckellen
My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum, who, in turn, was my first teacher. Later I would travel almost 70 kms to the nearest town, Kota, to learn music from my guru Mahesh Sharmaji, who was also the principal of the music college there. -- Shreya Ghoshal
I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass and I thought, 'My god, he's going to know all the things I don't want people to know.' I was really embarrassed. Then I looked up and he was looking directly at me with unconditional love. -- Ram Dass
Each contact is an opportunity for your own unique satsang with your Self, not in some strained or contrived way, but by keeping your mind inside your Heart, by trusting the inner guru and by recognizing each moment as perfect in itself and by simply being your Self. This is the true and natural responsibility or rather 'response-ability', the ability to respond effortlessly to the needs of the moment. -- Mooji
There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now. -- Guru Nanak
The GURU is Inside. -- davidji
I am the rich man's guru. -- Rajneesh
My guru is in my imagination anywhere. Anywhere. -- Ram Dass
My soul is my guru; my experience is my guru. -- Kumar Pallana
A guru is not a crutch, he is a bridge. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Meditate upon the guru as the glow of your awareness. -- Yeshe Tsogyal
Every man should be his own guru; every woman her own gurette. -- Edward Abbey
In life you can either have a guru or misery, you cannot have both. -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton? -- Brian Boyle
A guru trains his disciples to become Krishna dasa, a menial servant of Krishna. -- Lokanatha Swami
Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within. -- Robert Genn
It' easy to find information on Google guru but that's not equal to gaining knowledge. -- Narendra Modi
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
We are, every one of us, like a wise guru in charge of a mental patient. -- Jamie Catto
I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru. -- Mahatma Gandhi
The real guru is the pure intellect within; and the purified, deeply aspiring mind is the disciple. -- Chinmayananda Saraswati
The reason that 'guru' is such a popular word is because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell. -- William J. Bernstein
You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you. -- Sathya Sai Baba
No guru, no method, no teacher, just you and I and nature, and the father in the garden. -- Van Morrison
When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush. -- Ram Dass
I grew up watching Mickey Mouse and going to Disney World, like, 2,000 times. Mickey Mouse is like my guru. -- Greg Cipes
The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands. -- Bill Vaughan
The guide, the guru, the leader, the teacher, has passed away; the boy, the student, the servant, is left behind. -- Swami Vivekananda
You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego. -- Krishna Das
I have always wanted to branch off and become a fashion guru. I want to share my artistic views with the world. -- A. J. McLean
Unless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don't ever use any of those terms in your bio. Ever. -- Austin Kleon
I don't know if it's the economy, but finding work as a spiritual guru is really hard. Maybe I should grow my hair out. -- Dov Davidoff
If there's anything weirder than an introverted writer going to lots of social functions, it's an introverted writer being converted into an accidental guru. -- Dani Shapiro
I like characters who are larger-than-life, whether life-loving women or the artist or guru who grabs everything. But I don't live among people like that. -- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
My master's visualizations were so powerful their condensation into matter was mere signature. Donald Walters, formerly Kriyananda, author of The Path about his guru Yogananda. -- Goswami Kriyananda
All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru." -- Rajneesh

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