Assuming Quote by Frederick Lenz

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

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

When we start talking about gurus, first of all we're starting to talk about something that can't be talked about, in the sense that…

— Krishna Das

I never say I am a guru.

— Paulo Coelho

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

— Alan Watts

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 gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.

— Edward Abbey

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

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

“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