Charlatans Quote by Peter Drucker

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

— William J. Bernstein

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 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

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

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

One does not become a guru by accident.

— James Fenton

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 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

Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and famous.

— Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Guru, God and Self are One

— Ramana Maharshi

The genuine Guru is God's representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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

— Jaggi Vasudev