Accepting Quote by Bhakti Tirtha Swami

I think people are always looking for gurus. It's the easiest thing in the world to become a guru. It's quite terrifying. I once…

— Doris Lessing

I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in…

— Ramana Maharshi

I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not…

— Sai Baba

That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive…

— Chanakya

“Guru is not the goal. Anyone who establishes himself as a guru to be worshipped is not a guru. Guru is like a boat…

— Swami Rama of the Himalayas Dec. 31 1969

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…

— Robert Thurman

I've gone to great lengths not to be a guru. I think the notion of guruhood is utterly pathological, and I couldn't live that…

— M. Scott Peck

Today in the west the word 'guru' has come to mean someone who leads a cult, someone who deprives others of their intellectual or…

— Frederick Lenz

With the exception of very few who have gained higher spiritual tendencies in prior lives, Self-realization is not possible for anyone without the blessings…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men…

— Criss Jami

Well, I've always held down Guru... His spirit knows this.

— DJ Premier

To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

— Confucius