Guru Quotes

Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.

Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.

Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.

Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.

Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.

There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.

Love has the mind of a sage, the heart of a saint, and the soul of an angel.

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.

The most valuable things in your life are always the things that money cannot buy.

Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.

Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.

As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.

If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.

If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

In calm waters you still find sharks.

Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.

Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.

Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.

If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.

Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.

Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.

Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.