Guru Quotes

“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”
― Osho

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......”
― Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for you.”
― Osho

“I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will eat away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.”
― Christopher Pike, Sati

“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, Awakening Inner Guru

“Aku selalu bermimpi
matahari melahirkan para guru
dan guru melahirkan para matahari...”
― Abdurahman Faiz, Guru Matahari

“Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.”
― Sivananda

“Question like a child, reason like an adult, and write like a sage.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“The Stone of Guilt in the River of the Mind, the block in the flow of intelligence.
~ Paramahamsa Nithyananda”
― Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Living Enlightenment

“If you can show people how to build castles, make sure you do not neglect building and nurturing your own.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion.”
― Amma Sri Mata Amritanandamayi

“Anak-anak muda jaman sekarang itu lucu dan agak susah dimengerti. Mereka cukup bersemangat membuat berbagai macam proposal untuk kegiatan organisasi yang mereka ikuti. Tapi proposal hidup yang berisi visi dan strateginya meraih mimpi, justru lupa mereka buat sendiri.”
― Lenang Manggala, Founder Gerakan Menulis Buku Indonesia

“A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“YOU are your own guru. YOU are your own soul mate. YOU are powerful. Take the reigns and drive your carriage home to love.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Nilai akhir dari proses pendidikan, sejatinya terrekapitulasi dari keberhasilannya menciptakan perubahan pada dirinya dan lingkungan. Itulah fungsi daripada pendidikan yang sesungguhnya.”
― Lenang Manggala, Founder Gerakan Menulis Buku Indonesia

“Be Good-Do Good-Be One”
― Kirpal Singh

“There are no gurus of love.
There is no mantra to make love.”
― Santosh Kalwar, An Aphrodisiac

“I keep hearing about a spiritual awakening, but I feel what we need instead, is a human one. It would be wonderful and empowering to become free from the disillusionment and nonsense being sold to us from gurus for centuries.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“100% of a Guru’s marketing plan depends on you holding the belief that you are not enough; that you were created less equipped than necessary to fulfill your purpose. What if you let go of that belief and connected with the truth of your innate power to change and shape your life? You ARE enough. You CAN change and shape your own life. Anyone who tells you different is simply lying. Your life has immeasurable potentiality for greatness; act accordingly.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Bukan hanya aku yang kehilangan, tapi seantero sekolah juga merasakan lubang kehampaan. Ia bukanlah sosok guru yang sering mencuri waktu demi kepentingan sendiri. Bukan pula pribadi yang kerap mengambil handphone dalam saku tanpa peduli muridnya pintar atau diam tak mengerti.

Ia tak tampak seperti orang kebanyakan. Oknum guru yang tak merasa khianat walau kerap datang terlambat. Mereka yang hanya mengingat hak sementara kewajiban cuma dicatat. Pendidik yang selalu memberi tugas tapi jarang memperjelas. Pegawai yang membanggakan sertifkasi tanpa memikirkan kualitas beriring prestasi.

(Pejuang Cinta, Dunia Tanpa Huruf R)”
― Yoza Fitriadi, Dunia Tanpa Huruf R

“It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which is quite a paradox.”
― Donna Goddard, Love's Longing

“The Guru does not need outer acts of reverence from you. What matters to Him most is your inner attitude of reverence and devotion in acts of obedience.”
― Dada J. P. Vaswani

“You may not find your Guru. But if you seek him, aspire for his grace, he will surely find you!”
― Dada J. P. Vaswani

“The disciple must ‘vanish’ so that he may become the seeker who is prepared to see the Light!”
― Dada J. P. Vaswani

“The Guru is one who dwells in the Light and the Light dwells in him.”
― Dada J. P. Vaswani

“Bir usta olmanın tek yolu önceki ustaları bilmektir!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“People who use the word 'amazing' always, are not.
People who use the word 'amazing' rarely, mean it.”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“You decide. You are the author, but you are much more
than that. You are the teacher, the leader, the guru, and the
creator of all that lives in your reality. So, what do you want
that reality to be?”
― Ora Nadrich, Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity

“It is the perennial problem of the teacher to be able to judge where the student currently is in his or her understanding and lead them onwards from there. This is why a living 'guru' is really needed, so that questions may be asked and answered face to face.

When we read a book, or even listen to a tape recording of a lecture or dialogue, we are receiving only a particular viewpoint, aimed at a student of a particular level. It may resonate or it may not. Even the method of expression is crucial. Whilst one person may appreciate logic and intellectual analysis, another may need sympathetic reassurance and practical guidance.
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Ultimately, the truth is one and everything else that might be said is only at the level of appearance, using a language that is necessarily objective and dualistic. What is needed is a teacher whose words and style 'click' with our particular mental conditioning. This book aims to present excerpts from traditional and modern teaching in a wide variety of styles, in the hope that something will click.”
― Dennis Waite