Buddhism Quote by Frederick Lenz

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

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

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'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

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

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

A Guru is not someone who holds a torch for you. He is the torch.

— Jaggi Vasudev

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

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

— William J. Bernstein

Cult leaders are often self-styled prophets who have not studied with great teachers or undergone lengthy training or discipline themselves. . . Many of…

— John Welwood

I never say I am a guru.

— Paulo Coelho