"Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak."
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"If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk without a guide."
"The answers we're looking for are all within ourselves, we just need to become better connected, more present - to what we eat, to nature, to our surroundings and to our inner guide."
"Whatever it is that you do in your life, you're your own guide."
"The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool."
"You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy."
"In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide."
"Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author."
"I understand it is 13-8 against Egon Ronay publishing a Good Betting Shop Food Guide by 1997."
"Every man's conscience is vile and depraved / You cannot depend on it to be your guide when it’s you who must keep it satisfied."
"I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects."
"I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance."
"A light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove."
"Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life."
"had no need of a guide to learn ignorance"
"When we were touring with The Mighty Boosh, we went on a ghost tour of York. It was all about ghosts, and the tour guide was hilarious."
"Whatever enchants also guides and protects."
"Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?"
"The Truth-power must be brought down from above into that state of peace, and this higher power - Parashakti - will directly guide the vehicle - ādhāra - and transform it."
"You must surrender before you can guide."