Earth Quote by Edward Abbey

The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you what to…

— Frederick Lenz

When we start to talk about gurus, we're talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who we were,…

— Krishna Das

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

The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

A guru is one who tells you to throw away all the crutches that we have been made to believe are essential for our…

— U.G. Krishnamurti

“As if any one of those peo­ple isn’t al­ready look­ing around for a new gu­ru to make sense out of their risk-​free bore­dom of…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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…

— Maya Tiwari

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

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

“You have too many gurus in this country. They have told you what to do, what to think, what to practice. They are the…

— Radhanath Swami

“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

I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.

— A. S. Byatt