20 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Osho

This article contains 20 thought-provoking quotations by the Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement, Osho (also known as Chandra Mohan Jain, Acharya Rajneesh, and Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh).

“A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.”

“To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”

“Darkness is an absence of light. Ego is an absence of awareness.”

“You cannot cling to anything in a changing world.”

“You need power only to do something harmful. Otherwise love is enough, compassion is enough.”

“Courage is a love affair with the unknown.”

“What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. As you are, you are a chaos.”

“Discover yourself, otherwise you have to depend on other people’s opinions who don’t know themselves.”

“If you cannot enjoy your own company, who else is going to enjoy it?”

“Life begins where fear ends.”

“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”

“If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.”

“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.”

“Life in itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create meaning.”

“Commit as many mistakes as possible, remembering only one thing: don’t commit the same mistake again. And you will be growing.”

“NOW is the only reality – all else is either memory or imagination.”

“Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility.”

“The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.”

“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I.”

“Mind: A beautiful servant, a dangerous master.”

Conclusion

I hope you find these quotations thought-provoking – it was difficult to choose just 20 from all the ones attributed to this inspirational person.

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Additional Resources

These are suggestions for those who wish to delve deeper into any of the above:

1. Osho
2. The Book Of Secrets

PS: The photo at the top of this article is used courtesy of the photographer Preity.133.