The secret of liberation lies, not in the mystic formula that is whispered in the ear and rotated on the rosary, but in the stepping out into action, the walking forward in practice on the pious pilgrim route and the triumphant reaching of the goal. The best Guru is the Divinity in you; yearn for hearing His voice, His Upadesh. If you seek worldly Gurus, you will have to run from one to another, like a rat caught inside a drum, which flees to the right when the drummer beats on the left and to the left when he beats on the right!

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.X., P.140.