If Shiva is displeased, the Guru can save you; but if the Guru is displeased, not even Shiva can save you. Therefore seek refuge in the Guru with every means at your disposal.
शिवे क्रुद्धे गुरुस्त्राता गुरौ क्रुद्धे शिवो न हि । तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन श्रीगुरुं शरणं व्रजेत्
The Guru Gita (Song of the Guru) is a 182-verse scripture from the Uttara Khanda of the Skanda Purana, presented as a dialogue in which Parvati asks Shiva to reveal the nature and glory of the Guru. Shiva teaches the guru-disciple relationship and the identity of Guru and Brahman.
By the grace of Vyasa I have heard this supreme secret, this yoga, directly from Krishna, the Lord of yoga, as he himself declared it.
व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् | योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ||१८-७५||
While preachers only talk about God, a True Master reveals Him.
The master spirit of the earth will not rest peacefully in the wind until the needs of the most vulnerable among you are met.
Various teachers have praised love greatly, as St Paul does, when he saith, “to whatever height I may attain, if I have not love, I am nothing.”