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Guidance Quotes



"The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'."


"A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea."


"Student: I don't feel like living anymore. Teacher: If you don't feel like doing something then don't do. This means that in finding many ways how not to live your life, you have the possibility to discover how to live your life."


"You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord."


"The guidance of the Holy Spirit enables us to know God's will for our life."


"Don't spoil kids by trying to buy them off, to buy their time. Kids aren't stupid. They know a bribe when they see one. They want a parent not a payoff."


"I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders."


"I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up."


"Pave the path for a more righteous life."


"The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees."


"What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed."


"Good advice is usually given by someone who was once a bad example."


"The best advice will come from the person who has no personal interest in the matter."



"Scriptures are as 'helping problem'. Scriptures only give directions. Scriptures are like a thermometer. Can you grind a thermometer and give it as medicine?"


"Do you feel that? It is a calm shift in the wind. Do you hear that? It is a soft whisper of hope. Do you see that? It is the divine hand of guidance, mercifully extended to aid our good fight."


"Through learning to listen to our own intuition, it develops to a constantly available inner source of love, truth and wisdom. We can close our eyes, go within, and always receive the right guidance."


"If I have found my journey to be a maddening tangle of wandering 'rabbit-trails,' a labyrinth of incessantly circular passages to nowhere and back, and a plethora of assorted 'dead-ends' fraudulently disguised as paths of great promise, it can only be because I have mindlessly exchanged God's compass for mine. Therefore, it would appear that another exchange might be in order."



"If one wants to go to Mumbai from Baroda, he will 'like' all the signs towards the south. And if he wants to go to Delhi, he will like all the signs towards the north. One can tell what path he is on from what he 'likes'. There are many paths, not just one. As many minds as there are, there are that many ways and they are all intellect-based opinions. Where one is guided by the intellectual opinions, there is nothing but aimless wandering there. Only the opinions of the Vitaraag Lords (the enlightened ones) is a "safe side!"


"Unlike the world that points out your flaws to ridicule you, when GOD points out your flaws, it's because He want to walk you out of it."


"When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open."


"You are being guided when you need it most - if you will just listen."


"The Lord will lead us through the mighty waters."


"Shine brightly, so you can help those who have not found their path a way through the darkness."


"God always knows the most excellent path."


"I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I'm slot B, and you're tab A."


"Show the youth the consequences of their actions and why they should choose wisely."


"You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat."


"The light of God illuminated my path."


"There are many roads in this world that will guide you to pleasurable, fun, and exciting destinations that do not end in any form of lasting happiness. So before you step on an enticing path, figure out where it leads."



"The Gnani Purush [The enlightened one] always remains untouched in his worldly interactions. Everything will get resolved for us if we go to Him. He shows us what is 'correct' and what is 'incorrect'."


"Your complaint should be a pointer to what God wants you to do."


"By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!"


"The principle of God is love."


"What we're searching for will determine where we arrive, or if we arrive. And right in the middle of such risky choices, Christmas is God perfectly solving the problem by showing us what to search for and then bringing it to us."



"If only one word of the 'Gnani Purush' [the enlightened one] is understood, then your welfare [that which liberates] is done."
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