Charlatans Quote by William J. Bernstein

I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a…

— Peter Drucker

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

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'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 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

One does not become a guru by accident.

— James Fenton

Too much faith in personality has a tendency to produce weakness and idolatry, but intense love for the Guru makes rapid growth possible.

— Swami Vivekananda

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

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