Guru Quotes

But then the subject turned to the spiritual life and Meg talked about her many visits to ashrams in India and her admiration for Swami Muktananda and Gurumayi. That got in the way, especially because he told her of his skepticism regarding the guru industry, and suggested she might profitably read Gita Mehta’s book Karma Cola. “Why are you so cynical?” she asked him, as if she genuinely wanted to know the answer, and he said that if you grew up in India it was easy to conclude that these people were fakes. “Yes, of course there are lots of charlatans,” she said, reasonably, “but can’t you discriminate?” He shook his head sadly. “No,” he said. “No, I can’t.” That was the end of their chat.

Salman Rushdie

I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?

Sadghuru

How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.

Swami Vivekananda

NO SURROGATE CAN BIRTHYOUR GREATNESSSO LET THEM STEAL TIME WILL REVEAL

Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier

THEY STOLE YOUR STYLEBUT THEY COULDN'T STEAL YOUR GLOW

Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier

IN LIFE ONE MUST LEARN HOW TO WASH THEIR OWNBACK

Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier

WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST....DON'T PLEAD THE 5TH WHEN YOU'VE BEEN TESTIFYING ALL DAY!SPEAK UP!

Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier

THE MOMENT YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE IS THE MOMENT YOU SPIRITUALLY KILL YOURSELF

Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier

No one and nothing outside of you can give you salvation, or free you from the misery. You have to light your own lamp. You have to know the miniature universe that you yourself are.

Banani Ray

Alone a candle can only light a room, but in thousands they can even light a city.

Matshona Dhliwayo

I have the soul of a white man, the soul of a black man, the soul of an Asian man; the soul of every man.

Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t have to pay the sun to rise, the moon to shine, and the stars to glow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A book is a small library you can fit into your pocket.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.

Matshona Dhliwayo

You are never a real guru until you understand that you are serving others and delivering them to the light.

Robin Sacredfire

My words are my thesis, my actions are my dissertation, and my life is my philosophy.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Our world needs less gurus, and more teachers. Gurus are about helping themselves become successful. Teachers are about helping others become successful.

Joseph C. Kunz Jr.

Remember, you are the true guru of yourself. You are therefore always with Guru - your soul. However, at various stages you meet mentors. Mentors are like lighthouse who supports navigation in a journey called life. But, it is the innocence, vision, and purity of yourself (Guru within) determines the degree of success you can achieve.

Vishwas Chavan

It is not the fault of the stars that they shine brightly, but the fault of our eyes that they cannot handle light.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Very few spiritual or religious masters know that the student is sometimes a teacher because they haven't acquired such level.

Daniel Marques

Don’t worry, eventually everything falls into its rightful place.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Some foolish men declare that creator made the world. The doctrine that the world was created is ill advised and should be rejected. If God created the world, where was he before the creation? If you say he was transcendent then and needed no support, where is he now? How could God have made this world without any raw material? If you say that he made this first, and then the world, you are faced with an endless regression. If you declare that this raw material arose naturally you fall into another fallacy, For the whole universe might thus have been its own creator, and have arisen quite naturally. If God created the world by an act of his own will, without any raw material, then it is just his will and nothing else — and who will believe this silly nonsense? If he is ever perfect and complete, how could the will to create have arisen in him? If, on the other hand, he is not perfect, he could no more create the universe than a potter could. If he is form-less, action-less and all-embracing, how could he have created the world? Such a soul, devoid of all morality, would have no desire to create anything. If he is perfect, he does not strive for the three aims of man, so what advantage would he gain by creating the universe? If you say that he created to no purpose because it was his nature to do so, then God is pointless. If he created in some kind of sport, it was the sport of a foolish child, leading to trouble. If he created because of the karma of embodied beings [acquired in a previous creation] He is not the Almighty Lord, but subordinate to something else. If out of love for living beings and need of them he made the world, why did he not take creation wholly blissful free from misfortune? If he were transcendent he would not create, for he would be free: Nor if involved in transmigration, for then he would not be almighty. Thus the doctrine that the world was created by God makes no sense at all, And God commits great sin in slaying the children whom he himself created. If you say that he slays only to destroy evil beings, why did he create such beings in the first place? Good men should combat the believer in divine creation, maddened by an evil doctrine. Know that the world is uncreated, as time itself is, without beginning or end, and is based on the principles, life and rest. Uncreated and indestructible, it endures under the compulsion of its own n

Jinasena

Even the Master, in one way or another, is a student throughout life.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Whenever someone introduces themselves as a Master or a Guru, I immediately wonder…If those are the lies they tell themselves, what lies will they tell me?

Steve Maraboli

Asking for outside help, or even if it comes unasked, to allow outside help, needs a certain gracefulness and humility. Otherwise, you cannot allow outside help. Lots of people cannot receive something gracefully. Always, the social ethics have taught you that giving is important, taking is not important. Yes, taking is not important, taking is ugly, but receiving is very important.

Sadhguru

A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

Criss Jami

Hurry, your imaginary heaven is calling you up, my dear holier-than-thou religious nuts.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Only in duality consciousness we witness this-that thing. In reality, a unity consciousness runs as the very soul of every little thing.

Fakeer Ishavardas

In temples you find religion, but in hearts you find God.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Light in your soul kindles the light in your world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind is an entire world, your heart is an entire cosmos, and your soul is an entire universe.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Always remember, wherever you are, whether near or far, you had a mother who really, really loved you. The original mother. Once you've found your true inner guru you can never again be divided. Perfect union with the divine, through the grace of your real teacher, transcends time, space, death and all worldly limitations. Your real teacher is the original mother - regardless in which manifest or non-manifest form, or gender, she appears. The one who nurtures you and the one who also, out of wisdom and compassion, corrects you if you are misguided.

Zeena Schreck

Keep those that influence you for the better close and never give them a reason to keep you far away.

Shannon L. Alder

God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The highest wisdom is sometimes found in the lowest people.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If a tree bears sweet fruit, birds have many reasons to visit it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom; together they are a temple of enlightenment.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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