Top 100 Spiritual Guru Quotes
#1. 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
#2. 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
#3. I have spiritual beliefs that I could literally go out and make an entire comedy routine about, and tour as some sort of spiritual guru, but it kind of goes against that [as] I actually believe the things, so I'm always kind of caught in the middle.
Jim Carrey
#4. There is but one God. True is His Name, creative His personality and immortal His form. He is without fear sans enmity, unborn and self-illumined. By the Guru's grace He is obtained.
Guru Nanak
#6. Nanak, the whole world is in distress. He, who believes in the Name, becomes victorious.
Guru Nanak
#7. God and devotee are bound for ever in ropes of love
Radhe Maa
#9. You are a god wrapped in flesh; the divinity you've always been seeking is wrapped within.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#10. Everything is possible through complete devotion to the Lord.
Radhe Maa
#11. 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
#12. Plough your fields, cast your seeds, the rains will come when they please.
Radhe Maa
#13. Rebuilding relationship requires a lifelong discipline and commitment.
Sri Amma Bhagwan.
#14. I felt the smile grow from within, starting in my chest and making its way up to my face. If what the guru had said about auras and energy was accurate, I must have been glowing.
Brownell Landrum
#15. They, who have no eyes in their face, are not called blind. They alone are blind, O Nanak, who stray away from their Lord.
Guru Angad
#16. We are all poor in the face of God's majesty. Not all of us realise it.
Radhe Maa
#17. To live without an aim is to wander in a wilderness.
Radhe Maa
#18. The meaning of Sannyas is not well defined. Its meaning is not static; it is redefined after short periods of time in the life of a Sannyasi.
Harshit Walia
#20. Praise the one who speaks ill of you. Before long he will become a friend
Radhe Maa
#21. Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
Radhanath Swami
#22. 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
#23. Fear exists because we do not have faith.
Radhe Maa
#24. It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it is dangerous. The danger also depends on the spiritual potency of the particular guru. Without sufficient potency, a few offensive or faithless disciples can lead to the guru's fall.
Bhakti Tirtha Swami
#26. A guru trains his disciples to become Krishna dasa, a menial servant of Krishna.
Lokanatha Swami
#27. By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.
Radhanath Swami
#28. If your aims are lofty, your achievements are bound to be great.
Radhe Maa
#29. Today in the west the word 'guru' has come to mean someone who leads a cult, someone who deprives others of their intellectual or spiritual freedom and rips them off financially.
Frederick Lenz
#30. Worship offered with stale flower and an unclean mind is of no value
Radhe Maa
#31. 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
#32. While eating, our attention should not be focused just on the taste. Imagine our chosen deity or guru is present within us and that we are feeding Him. This will turn eating into a spiritual practice.
Mata Amritanandamayi
#33. Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction on following the breath, no one can teach you about the experience. It comes through practice and patience.
Debra Moffitt
#34. Respect those elder to you in years, in knowledge and spiritual attainment and act with love and compassion with those who are younger or less fortunate than you.
Radhe Maa
#35. Water and grace flow to persons and places that are lower.
Radhe Maa
#36. The Teacher provides Spiritual Energy! Just like roots provide nutrients to the flowers!
Choa Kok Sui
#37. God gives us opportunity to serve him by serving humanity.
Radhe Maa
#38. Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment
Radhe Maa
#39. No one knows what path you should follow except yourself. You are your own wise teacher. You are your own Guru.
Grace G. Payge
#40. When we disrespect a person, we disrespect God
Radhe Maa
#42. There are many who wish to be masters over others. Rare indeed is the man who wishes to be master of himself
Radhe Maa
#43. Serve your parents if you expect your children to serve you when you are old
Radhe Maa
#44. Love is the process of melting into the other
Radhe Maa
#45. Do not bank on mere mortals. Trust the One who will never fail you
Radhe Maa
#46. The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting.
Radhe Maa
#47. Live every day as if it is a festival. Turn your life into a celebration
Radhe Maa
#48. Do not gossip about monks and speak ill of spiritual teachers
Radhe Maa
#50. 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
#51. Constant remembrance of the Almighty will bring you everlasting happiness and peace
Radhe Maa
#53. That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up and so should relatives who are without affection.
Chanakya
#54. The brighter stars emerge out of the blackest darkness.
Radhe Maa
#55. Saints love all beings. They love even those who attempt to harm them.
Radhe Maa
#56. You are never a real guru until you understand that you are serving others and delivering them to the light.
Robin Sacredfire
#57. Be patient and keep faith. It will all fall into place.
Radhe Maa
#58. Live a virtuous life, help everyone and spread joy wherever you go.
Radhe Maa
#59. Just beneath the surface of all experiences in life is God's, or the Guru's, compassionate face.
Mata Amritanandamayi
#60. Humility is more powerful than egoistic pride. Water is more powerful than the strongest cliff and Love is more powerful than might.
Radhe Maa
#61. What can you give God but bhakti bhava? He owns it all anyway.
Radhe Maa
#62. Love is God, and the one that believes in love, believes in God.
Radhe Maa
#63. The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God
Radhe Maa
#64. It is the devotee's job to chant God's name. It is God's business to keep count.
Radhe Maa
#65. Man has obeyed commands of the Mother, the Father, the Guru; but he has not obeyed the commands of 'God' (Bhagwan). Had he obeyed 'God's' commands, his work (for liberation) would have been accomplished. Alas! He will follow his boss's commands and even his wife's commands!
Dada Bhagwan
#66. Know the one who wants nothing to be the wealthiest.
Radhe Maa
#67. Pray with a pure heart and pray from where you are. He will answer your prayers. There is no need to abandon the world or retreat to a jungle
Radhe Maa
#68. Consider how blessed you are to have the things you do in life.
Radhe Maa
#69. Spiritual growth is the only real growth
Radhe Maa
#70. Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware
Radhe Maa
#72. In this world, it is not possible to forget about obligation of these three people: father, mother and guru; the one who has made us walk on the correct path.
Dada Bhagwan
#73. Be contented with the things of the world. Develop greed for God.
Radhe Maa
#74. Give and take is business not bhakti
Radhe Maa
#75. By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred.
Radhe Maa
#76. It is important to reignite our compassion for others because without it we will be lost in the sea of suffering
Radhe Maa
#77. Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake ,of acquiring a companion to the next world, just as the white ant ,gradually raises its hill.
Guru Nanak
#78. Never be proud but show humility towards others, true wisdom lies in being humble.
Radhe Maa
#79. Think, how hard it is to change yourself. How can it be easy to change others?
Radhe Maa
#80. Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our antimaterialist, otherworldly, New Age, spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion, an honest guru should as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu, and seaweed slime.
Edward Abbey
#81. O Nanak, if a blind man goes to assay jewels, he shall not know their worth and shall return after making an exhibition of himself.
Guru Angad
#82. Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru's words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
Ramakrishna
#83. When you look in the mirror and see your reflection, your eyes are open; when you look in the mirror and see God, your soul is open.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#84. Spiritual knowledge is fruitful only when it is applied
Radhe Maa
#87. The closer we are to God, the richer we are
Radhe Maa
#88. To master life, control the mind. To control the mind, guard your speech.
Radhe Maa
#89. Save now, so you are not dependent on your children when you are old
Radhe Maa
#90. Money comes to those who act intelligently, and God to those who hunger for his grace
Radhe Maa
#91. If you wish to enjoy a position, find ways of being useful, hard working and cooperative with the people whose favour has given you the position
Radhe Maa
#92. The least among the sadhus, saints and monks and other people of God is worthier than you. Never speak ill of them
Radhe Maa
#93. Cut the cords of attachment. Expand the circle of love.
Radhe Maa
#94. Do not desire a long life or an early death
Radhe Maa
#95. Don't worry, eventually everything falls into its rightful place.
Fakeer Ishavardas
#96. When you choose a Guru you become a follower. When your Guru chooses you, you become a disciple
Guruji Naushir
#97. Burn worldly love,
rub the ashes and make ink of it,
make the heart the pen,
the intellect the writer,
write that which has no end or limit.
Guru Nanak
#98. Love does not expect anything in return
Radhe Maa
#99. In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Krishna.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
#100. Do not expect too much from the world. We are here to give not to take.
Radhe Maa
