Top 100 The Guru Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About The Guru

#1. The GURU is Inside.

#2. 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

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. The guide, the guru, the leader, the teacher, has passed away; the boy, the student, the servant, is left behind.

Swami Vivekananda

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. Meditate upon the guru as the glow of your awareness.

Yeshe Tsogyal

#9. 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

#10. In the East, the guru never calls himself a guru.

Marianne Williamson

#11. 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

#12. Just beneath the surface of all experiences in life is God's, or the Guru's, compassionate face.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#13. 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

#14. When you know how to listen everyone is the guru

Ram Dass

#15. 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

#16. 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

#17. 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

#18. I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

Guru Nanak

#19. In varying degrees, the authority of the dharma was replaced by the authority of the guru, who came, in some traditions, to assume the role of the Buddha himself.

Stephen Batchelor

#20. 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

#21. I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there.

Susan Powter

#22. Life with the Guru - there is no manual.

Art Hochberg

#23. By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord.

Guru Nanak

#24. The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.

Bill Vaughan

#25. Don't try to be like the Guru - be yourself.

Art Hochberg

#26. It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external.

Neem Karoli Baba

#27. Once you individuate from the Guru, you're on your own Guru journey.

Art Hochberg

#28. 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

#29. The practice of the Name turns us in the direction of the light. The practice of the Name removes the dust from our eyes so that we can see the world as it really is: lit up by the light of the guru.

Krishna Das

#30. 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

#31. 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

#32. 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

#33. Zig Ziglar may be the master motivator, Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul, the master story tellers; Anthony Robbins may be the guru of personal development, but Bob Proctor is a master thinker. When it comes to systemizing life, no one can touch him.

Doug Wead

#34. Improve on the Guru. Don't get stuck on the Guru.

Art Hochberg

#35. The Master never claims that he is god and others are not; on the contrary the master gives us hope that we are similar to him, very much like him with this little difference - we are not aware of who we are and the Guru knows who he is.

Anandmurti Gurumaa

#36. 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

#37. Honey, you worry too much. Nothing is going to happen, I mean come on, you're in the house of Mr. Hausefalle, the guru of home security! You're probably safer over there than here.- House Trap, ch. 4: A Grave Mistake.

Mike Mauthor

#38. The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for.

Alan Watts

#39. You cannot choose a Guru. Deepen your longing and the Guru will choose you,

Jaggi Vasudev

#40. 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

#41. 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

#42. If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.

Ramana Maharshi

#43. Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.

Robert Genn

#44. He studied with the guru of rock n' roll, Baba Oom Mow Mow, who taught his own version of the Golden Rule: Do wop unto others as you would have them do wop unto you.

Swami Beyondananda

#45. The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be able to see him not only in his body but in every living and nonliving thing in this world. Learn to see everything as the guru's body and to serve them accordingly.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#46. 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

#47. The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#48. 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

#49. The guru is in you.

Yogani

#50. Those who worship and adore the Lord through the Guru's Word forget all their pain and suffering.

Guru Gobind Singh

#51. 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

#52. The guru is a tremendous tradition because is a guide, it's a guide to life, and we can guide energetically, we can guide in our thought, we can have a prayer that travels wonderful things.

Maya Tiwari

#53. The test of ahimsa is the absence of jealousy. The man whose heart never cherishes even the thought of injury to anyone, who rejoices at the prosperity of even his greatest enemy, that man is the bhakta, he is the yogi, he is the guru of all.

Swami Vivekananda

#54. Learning is not a race, All wisdom comes at its own pace, Not through practice or praise, But like a blessing, with the guru's grace. The

Chandrika

#55. By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.

Radhanath Swami

#56. 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

#57. Gnan [True Knowledge] means the Guru's experiential talks.

Dada Bhagwan

#58. Ashrams and gurukulas (spiritual schools) are the pillars of spiritual culture. If we perform sadhana according to the guru's advice, we need not go anywhere else. We will get whatever we need from the guru.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#59. A self-help guru would call this attitude "bending in the wind," but I just call it "giving up.

Gary Reilly

#60. Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord.

Guru Gobind Singh

#61. It is important to reignite our compassion for others because without it we will be lost in the sea of suffering

Radhe Maa

#62. He Himself makes the mortals anxious, and He Himself takes the anxiety away.

Guru Amar Das

#63. 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

#64. 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

#65. 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

#66. 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

#67. 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

#68. Be contented with the things of the world. Develop greed for God.

Radhe Maa

#69. Only one kind of species of animals bites the hand that feeds them - mankind.

Fakeer Ishavardas

#70. 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

#71. 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

#72. Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

Guru Nanak

#73. 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

#74. 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

#75. The Lord Himself reveals the Path, He Himself is the Doer of deeds.

Guru Gobind Singh

#76. 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

#77. Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

Guru Nanak

#78. 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

#79. The reason that 'guru' is such a popular word is because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell.

William J. Bernstein

#80. 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

#81. At the end of the life you have to live your day alone and vice-versa.

Vikrmn

#82. 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

#83. Be the one for others who they can look up to; the one you too want to.

Vikrmn

#84. 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

#85. The Stone of Guilt in the River of the Mind, the block in the flow of intelligence.
~ Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Paramahamsa Nithyananda

#86. 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

#87. We exist to serve the Lord

Radhe Maa

#88. Best Quote of the day: Don't just sit and read the Quote of the day; Implement it.

Vikrmn

#89. 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

#90. 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

#91. I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?

Sadghuru

#92. 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

#93. 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

#94. 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

#95. 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