
Osho
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
1931-1990 • Indian
Non-Dual / AdvaitaTantra
Controversial Indian mystic known for dynamic meditation and synthesis of Eastern mysticism with Western psychology.
Key Works
- Discourses
- Books compiled from talks
118
quotes in library
Quotes by Osho
118 quotes“You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty.”
creativityCreativity: Unleashing the Forces Within
“Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating.”
lifeThe Mustard Seed
“These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun.”
natureThe Mustard Seed
“Look at the flowers — for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.”
flowersThe Mustard Seed
“Truth is found in life, not in books, in scriptures.”
truthDiscourses on the New Man
“Books can be helpful, but they should not become a substitute for life.”
booksDiscourses on the New Man
“Meditation is not a way of escaping from the society. It is a way of changing it.”
meditationMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
“Meditation is the only thing in the world which is not a doing.”
meditationMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
“Meditation is a state of being. It is being yourself.”
meditationMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
“Watching is the key, watchfulness is the very master key for all the locks of the spiritual world.”
watchingMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
“You don't have to do anything; you have only to be.”
doingMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
“And let the moment do what it wants to do, what existence wants to do through you.”
existenceMeditation: The First and Last Freedom
“Love, when it is not a relationship, is a state of being.”
loveLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
“It is not a relating to someone, it is a quality of your own being.”
loveLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
“Aloneness is so beautiful. Loneliness is poor. Aloneness is rich.”
alonenessLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
“Loneliness is a gap, an absence. Aloneness is a presence.”
alonenessLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
“You will be surprised — when you are alone, the whole existence is with you.”
alonenessLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
“Freedom is the highest value because without freedom you cannot grow.”
freedomLove, Freedom, and Aloneness
“To be nobody is to be somebody real.”
nobodyThe Mustard Seed
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