Top 100 The Guru Quotes
#1. A self-help guru would call this attitude "bending in the wind," but I just call it "giving up.
Gary Reilly
#2. Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord.
Guru Gobind Singh
#3. It is important to reignite our compassion for others because without it we will be lost in the sea of suffering
Radhe Maa
#4. He Himself makes the mortals anxious, and He Himself takes the anxiety away.
Guru Amar Das
#5. 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
#6. Through True Love, she merges with Him. She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood she herself is false.
Guru Nanak
#7. Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.
Guru Nanak
#8. 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
#10. 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
#11. Be contented with the things of the world. Develop greed for God.
Radhe Maa
#12. Only one kind of species of animals bites the hand that feeds them - mankind.
Fakeer Ishavardas
#13. The only exercise guru then was Richard Simmons - a flamboyant fuzzy-haired creature who vaguely resembled a gay Bozo the Clown, unless that's redundant, which I, thank God, have no way of knowing, having no, thank God, direct
Carrie Fisher
#14. May liberal men abound with us! May our knowledge of the Vedas and our progeny increase! May faith not forsake us! May we have much to give to the needy.
Guru Nanak
#15. Conquer your mind and conquer the world.
Guru Nanak
#16. One may have many teachers, but only one guru, who remains as one's guru even in many different lives, until the disciple reaches the final goal of emancipation in God. You must remember this, once that relationship is formed.
Paramahansa Yogananda
#17. I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love every thing in the universe. That's all I do all day.
Ram Dass
#18. The Lord Himself reveals the Path, He Himself is the Doer of deeds.
Guru Gobind Singh
#19. 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
#20. Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.
Guru Nanak
#21. Never ever let anyone take the charge of your Guitar called LIFE. Tune your Dreams, for you are the composer of the tracks of your life. Why do you wait? What are you scared of?
Vikrmn
#22. The reason that 'guru' is such a popular word is because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell.
William J. Bernstein
#23. For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch.
Guru Gobind Singh
#24. At the end of the life you have to live your day alone and vice-versa.
Vikrmn
#25. The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
Guru Nanak
#26. Be the one for others who they can look up to; the one you too want to.
Vikrmn
#27. If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears ,a son , he is called the son of a re married woman .
Guru Nanak
#28. You know, when you look into the Guru's eyes you're just seeing yourself. If you see the Guru, then you're missing the point of the Guru.
Art Hochberg
#29. The Stone of Guilt in the River of the Mind, the block in the flow of intelligence.
~ Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
#30. 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
#32. Best Quote of the day: Don't just sit and read the Quote of the day; Implement it.
Vikrmn
#33. 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
#34. Evelyn's New Age daughter will discover that a good shag beats hugging a guru any day.
- Helen Falconer, book reviewer for The Guardian
Deborah Moggach
#35. Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.
Guru Nanak
#36. I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?
Sadghuru
#37. The late W. Edwards Deming, guru of Quality management, once declared, 'The most important things we need to manage can't be measured.' If that's true of what we need to manage, it should be even more obvious that it's true of what we need to teach.
Alfie Kohn
#38. If one of the brothers, being able ,to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire ,a share of the family property, he may be made separate ,by the others receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon.
Guru Nanak
#39. He's a seminal force, a guru, an original creator of the New Orleans piano style.. the teacher of great players like Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Mac Rebenack, James Booker, and Huey Smith. All acknowledge him as The Great Master.
Jerry Wexler
#40. Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it.
Guru Nanak
#41. I take the dust from the lotus feet of the guru to cleanse the mirror of my mind." So begins a sacred ode to Hanuman.
Ram Dass
#42. Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart.
Guru Nanak
#43. Spiritual growth is the only real growth
Radhe Maa
#44. Say your heart out.. work that dream out.. for the time won't be back again.
Vikrmn
#45. I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.
Peter Drucker
#47. The guide, the guru, the leader, the teacher, has passed away; the boy, the student, the servant, is left behind.
Swami Vivekananda
#48. With the touch of wisdom, comes the end of fears.
Vikrmn
#49. This is like the joke where the guy climbs the mountain and asks the guru, 'What is the secret of life?,' and the guru says, 'All is One,' and the guys says, 'Are you kidding?,' and the guru says, 'You mean it isn't?
Rudy Rucker
#50. Consider how blessed you are to have the things you do in life.
Radhe Maa
#51. 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
#53. O my heart! Love God as the chatrik loves the rain drops,
Who even when fountains are full and the land green,
Is not satisfied as long as it cannot get a drop of rain ...
Guru Nanak
#54. It is such an innocent, intuitively discerning mind that helps make the Eastern guru and the Desert Abba "master". Where intimate Source radiates among non-Christians then surely we must be dealing with the "other sheep" manifesting the cosmic Christ.
Tilden Edwards
#56. Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself ...
Paramahansa Yogananda
#57. Happiness is not the Achievement of Dreams.
It is the Path to Dreams.
Vineet Raj Kapoor
#58. Die before the one whom you love; to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world.
Guru Angad
#59. You who seek God, apart, apart The thing you seek, thou art, thou art. If you want to seek the Beloved's face. Polish the mirror, gaze into that space. These words were written by Rumi as a tribute for his master guru Shams of Tabriz.
Wayne W. Dyer
#60. QBert is pretty much the Jimi Hendrix of DJing. He is so far advanced. So far ahead of everybody else. He's like Yoda! Like the guru.
DJ Jazzy Jeff
#61. The first step to success is knowing that you failed to do something because many people don't even realise. Second step is to take a first step towards making your dreams true.
Vikrmn
#62. Know the one who wants nothing to be the wealthiest.
Radhe Maa
#63. Meditate upon the guru as the glow of your awareness.
Yeshe Tsogyal
#64. He ,who is appointed to ,cohabit with the widow shall ,approach her at night anointed with clarified butter and silent, ,and beget one son, by no means a second.
Guru Nanak
#65. Be a master of your dreams, not the slave of your sorrows.
Vikrmn
#67. It is the devotee's job to chant God's name. It is God's business to keep count.
Radhe Maa
#68. Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.
Guru Nanak
#69. Thou O Lord, art my Father and Thou my Mother. Thou art the Giver of peace to my soul and very life.
Guru Arjan
#70. 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 Lenz
#71. For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind?
Guru Nanak
#72. Either you learn from or you are taught by; the PEOPLE.
Vikrmn
#73. Forget the pain and the one who caused it, but not the lesson you learnt.
Vikrmn
#74. Going to the guru is like going to the dentist. Once you get there, the ache goes away. We all carry this ache. It is the ache of suffering. The ache is relieved by love, so become a dentist and extend your love to those around you.
John Mundahl
#75. God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
Guru Nanak
#77. The success is like an umbrella. It has wires in it called faith. It has no meaning if there is no rain and storm called ebbs and flows of life.
Vikrmn
#78. If I ask you to plunge into the Ganga or to jump from the roof of a house, meaning it all for your good, could you do even that without any hesitations Just think of it even now; otherwise don't rush forward on the spur of the moment to accept me as your Guru.
Swami Vivekananda
#79. After months of speculation, the sitcom star Ellen DeGeneres admitted that yes, she's gay. Inspired by her courage, today, diet-guru Richard Simmons admitted that he is really, really, really, really gay.
Norm MacDonald
#80. The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God
Radhe Maa
#81. Love is God, and the one that believes in love, believes in God.
Radhe Maa
#82. There is only one mother in this world who is the best one; the one that every kid has got.
Vikrmn
#83. 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
#84. The bar was the best place to hide in. time came under your control, time to wade in, time to do nothing in. no guru was needed, no god. nothing expected but yourself and nothing lost to the unexpected.
Charles Bukowski
#85. The True One was there from time immemorial.
He is there today and ever there you will find.
He never died nor will he ever die ...
Look within, you will see Him there enshrined.
Guru Nanak
#86. 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
#87. Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
Guru Nanak
#88. Humility is more powerful than egoistic pride. Water is more powerful than the strongest cliff and Love is more powerful than might.
Radhe Maa
#89. I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord
Guru Gobind Singh
#90. Just beneath the surface of all experiences in life is God's, or the Guru's, compassionate face.
Mata Amritanandamayi
#91. 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
#92. The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
Ramana Maharshi
#93. COURAGE is the only currency; more you spend, richer you become; by earning the RESPECT.
Vikrmn
#94. You are never a real guru until you understand that you are serving others and delivering them to the light.
Robin Sacredfire
#95. 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
#96. When you know how to listen everyone is the guru
Ram Dass
#97. Every vision has its own rainbow; The day you realise your vision you'll see your rainbow.
Vikrmn
#98. The brighter stars emerge out of the blackest darkness.
Radhe Maa
#99. 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
#100. 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
