1. You have never laughed completely, you have never cried completely, you have never been completely angry, you have never completely hated, you have never completely loved. Nothing is ever done completely. Nothing is finished, nothing is complete. It lingers, and so there are always so many things in your mind, which is why you are so uncomfortable, you will never feel at home.
—Osho, *When the Shoes Fit*2. A Buddha has no self; you cannot bore him. He exists like an emptiness, as if he does not exist.
—Osho, *The Path to Enlightenment*
3. Just obey your own heart. That is your only teacher. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
4. Everything returns to its source. Life is forgetting the source, and death is remembering it again. Life is leaving the source, and death is returning home. —Osho
5. In this world, no one accepts that others are right. It has nothing to do with others, but it is easier to accept that no one is right than to accept one's own sins. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
6. True peace, true tranquility, needs to be tested here in the world, here in the market. If it is disturbed, it only shows that it is very superficial—you must delve into it. Experiment, meditate, constantly engage with what disturbs you. One day there will be no more disturbing things; that will be a day of extreme joy. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
7. If you constantly contemplate that everything is an illusion, suddenly, one night in your sleep, you will be surprised to realize that this too is a dream. And when this memory of awareness arises, the dream disappears. Then, you will experience an unprecedented, paradoxical, yet very helpful realization—you experience a very conscious yet deep sleep. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
8. Whenever you are playing, you will feel great joy; if your whole life becomes a game, you simply cannot imagine how happy you would become. —Osho, *The Path to Enlightenment*
9. Close your eyes, because the eyes release almost eighty percent of your bioenergy. Try to conserve it; the more energy you conserve, the better. If you continue to release it every day, you will never accumulate enough energy to reach divinity, not even to take the first step. Conserve your energy! —Osho
10. Loneliness is sorrow; loneliness is a feeling of incompleteness. You need someone, you need someone who is not there. Loneliness is in the darkness, where there is no light. A dark room, waiting for someone to light it. —Osho, Ten Ox-Herding Pictures of Zen
11. We must seek within ourselves a space where joy can develop alone; it is our innermost source. —Osho, Osho's Writings
12. Seriousness keeps you on the surface. Seriousness never goes deep; it cannot, it is shallow. Only in play does one relax and delve into existence. —Osho, Zorba Buddha
13. To seek truth in existence, one must first seek truth in one's own existence. He will become increasingly self-aware. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
14. If you are begging for love through suffering, you may receive a little sympathy, but not love. That little sympathy will be given to you very reluctantly, because who is prepared to give love to a suffering person? He himself needs it, he himself is suffering. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
15. Be prepared to wait for that infinite, eternal, but not in any way eager to seize something from existence—that is the noble soul. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
16. Thousands upon thousands have achieved the final burst of consciousness. Their vibrations are still alive, their influence is in the air; you just need a special perspective, a special ability to receive the intangible things surrounding this strange land. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
17. Love will give you pain, love will make you suffer, because through love, a person grows. Without suffering, there is no growth. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
18. You cannot truly know yourself unless you discover joy, because an unhappy person will only constantly run away from themselves. Our entire life is a series of escapes from ourselves, and everyone is incredibly important to us because their existence helps us escape ourselves. —Osho, *The Book of Chakras*
19. When all the contents of the mind disappear, the mirror of consciousness reflects complete emptiness. That transcendence is bliss. It is the ultimate state of meditative consciousness. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
20. Enlightenment is an unparalleled experience, so vast, so miraculous, so joyful that those who attain it stop there. They think they have achieved everything. I was basically a homeless wanderer. At first, I thought so too; the experience was so wonderful that nothing could be more wonderful. The experience was so ecstatic that even thinking about or imagining anything more than it was incomprehensible. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
21. Unless tomorrow completely disappears, unless tomorrow is completely abandoned, unless you become completely desperate and hopeless, only then can you see the suffering you are living in. Once you become aware of the suffering you are living in, you will abandon it; I don't need to tell you that. —Osho, *The Path to Enlightenment*
22. Eat as little as possible, because most of our energy is spent digesting food. Eat as little as possible, until you don't even notice you've eaten. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
23. For centuries, some people with keen insight into human affairs have observed themselves and others, and they have discovered methods. But all methods are based on some naturally occurring experience. However, no one cares about them. Instead, society tries to suppress these experiences because these experiences will inevitably create individual rebels. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
24. People chatter incessantly because they are afraid of silence, afraid of seeing the truth, afraid of seeing their emptiness, afraid of exposing themselves, afraid of seeing others more deeply. Constant talking keeps them busy and superficial. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
25. He will have no questions left; all questions will disappear—not because he knows all the answers, but because all the questions have vanished. In that state of complete silence and no-mind, he can answer any question deeply. No preparation is needed. He himself doesn't know what he will say; it happens automatically; sometimes even he is surprised. But that doesn't mean he has prepared answers. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
26. You have experienced, though you don't understand, some people you want to avoid because meeting them makes you feel uncomfortable, you feel something is taken away from you. Some people you want to meet because meeting them gives you a sense of radiance, you feel more alive. —Osho, *The Zen Manifesto*
27. If you find a saint without a sense of humor, then he is not a saint; that's impossible. His seriousness itself shows he hasn't reached that state. Once you have that inner experience yourself, you will become very playful, you will become very innocent, like a child. —Osho
28. This is a great insight—death is a relative backdrop; it is life written on a blackboard with chalk, it is life twinkling like stars in the dark night sky. Therefore, if you destroy the darkness of the night, the stars will also vanish. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
29. My ultimate goal is for you to sleep with full awareness; this is the essence of yoga. And if any yogi teaches you anything else, it is all useless. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
30. Enlightenment is only achieved when one is no longer there. When you disappear, the whole existence becomes a completely different phenomenon. Therefore, you are the only problem. If you can dissolve your problem—that means you must dissolve yourself. So no one will come to save you; you must dissolve yourself into the ultimate. There is nothing greater, more solemn, more miraculous than this. —Osho, *The Zen Manifesto*
31. Contemplation is the only unchanging element in all existence. When you become contemplation, a great clarity arises within you, and even the subtle changes within you will be noticed and reflected. —Osho, *Buddha, The Mind of Emptiness*
32. An enlightened being lives according to his own life source, without considering the masses or compromising with them. He is an absolute individual, and he requires everyone to be an absolute individual as well. —Osho, *Buddha, The Mind of Emptiness*
33. Remain perfectly still and cool, in the middle, neither active nor passive. In fact, that is the whole meaning of compassion: it is neither hot nor cold, it is perfectly cool. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
34. When confusion disappears, certainty also disappears; you are neither confused nor certain. You simply feel a clear, transparent clarity, and this transparency is beauty, is grace; it is very subtle. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
35. Knowledge belongs to the level of possession; understanding belongs to the level of essence. —Osho
36. The more you share, the more existence pours into you. It's like a well: you constantly draw water from the well, and new water continues to flow in from all directions. If you stop drawing water from the well, the water becomes stagnant, even poisonous. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
37. The mind can only see one pole, but true existence is two poles, opposite poles existing together. The mind can see one pole, within which the other pole is hidden; the mind cannot penetrate it unless you can see that the two poles are together. Otherwise, you will never see "that is," and anything you see will be false, because it is only half. —Osho, *Faith Inscription*
38. But society has always deceived individuals in a very inhumane way; even madness is praised if it helps in controlling people. All morality—also called religious precepts—is nothing but a means to control humanity. All our relationships are poisoned, requiring a massive revolution to change the centuries of rubbish that have accumulated around our nature. —Osho, *The Rebel*
39. The masses never want any unique individuals—this wounds the masses' minds. Being unique is a disgrace because it reminds people who they are and what they can become. The existence of unique individuals makes them aware of what they have missed—they have missed their entire lives. They cannot forgive unique individuals, even if they have not harmed them. —Osho, *The Rebel*
40. A child's innocence is his characteristic; a young person's characteristic lies in their inexhaustible, flowing energy; while an old person's characteristic lies in having seen all, experienced much, and understood much, possessing a wealth of wisdom, but within this wisdom lies the energy of his youth—shining, vibrant, excited, and throbbing; it also contains the innocent part of a child. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
41. If you sit on the ground to meditate, your body will have a greater influence on you. The body is composed of earth, and if a person sits on the ground to meditate, the power of the body's movement will be very strong. All yogis go to higher altitudes—to the mountains, to the Himalayas—and there is a reason for it; it is very scientific. The greater the distance between the body and the earth, the less the earth's elements pull on the body. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
42. Traditional methods have an appeal because they are very ancient, and many people in the past have achieved success through these methods. They may not be relevant to us, but our current situation is completely different. The entire atmosphere, the entire realm of thought, has changed. Every method is related to a specific environment, a specific mind, a specific person. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
43. Listening to a madman rambling on, you feel like you're going mad too, because the madman's body is filled with chaotic electrical currents, and those words and sounds carry that current to you. Sitting next to an enlightened being, you suddenly feel everything within you become harmonious; suddenly you feel a different quality of energy arising within you. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
44. The verses you see now are inspirations that appeared from the other side at that time; I am merely writing them down. I am neither a literary creator nor an author; I am merely a stenographer—simply recording the messages conveyed to me from the other side. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
45. By freeing yourself from the ego, you are freed from pain, misery, and unhappiness—freed from this group of companions. When there is no ego, what remains is joy. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
46. If you move from one thought to another, you are still in the world of time. If you enter into each moment, not into thoughts, you enter eternity. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
47. Nothing is more precious than freedom, because only in freedom can you unleash your ultimate potential. —Osho, *Buddha, the Mind of Emptiness*
48. Enlightenment is when you become light, your inner being becomes light. Enlightenment is the experience of light bursting forth within you.
—Osho, *The Life of Osho*
47. Language is the opposite of tranquility. Without language, you cannot create tranquility. Instrumental music is sound, but it lacks tranquility. It is notes arranged in a harmonious way, but it lacks both language and tranquility. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
48. Now if you ask about the natural address, it will be "here and now" or "everywhere," which means the same thing. But he died so naturally, just as naturally as he lived. —Osho, *The Zen Manifesto*
49. The day you understand yourself, your existence becomes love. It is no longer a relationship, it is no longer something for a particular person; it simply flows in all directions and on all levels. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
50. Fear means only one thing: losing the known and entering the unknown. Courage is the opposite of fear—always being prepared to abandon the known and jump into something new…fresh, fascinating. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
51. The mind tends to enjoy gossiping about others; gossiping makes one feel good. Therefore, when people talk about others, they don't just talk; they exaggerate and amplify it, which is why idle chatter is so enjoyable. It's all about feeling "I'm better than them"—that's their motivation. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
52. Enlightenment is a key, the only key, that unlocks all the truth, all the blessings, and all the potential hidden within you. You are a seed: enlightenment is simply finding the right soil and waiting for spring to arrive. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
53. If I say vegetarianism is helpful, it's only to help you. Vegetarianism will make you more patient, calmer, and make it easier for you to enter meditation. You can also enter meditation without eating vegetarian food, but then you're doing two conflicting things. So when we say vegetarianism is helpful, it's simply an act of love, so become a vegetarian. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
54. Life itself doesn't have much meaning. Its meaning lies only in—if you can sing an eternal song, if you can emanate some sacred and divine fragrance, if you can become a lotus that transcends time and death, if you can become pure love, if you can make existence more beautiful, if you can become a blessing to existence… then your life will have meaning; otherwise, your life will be in vain. It's like an empty canvas—you can carry it with you for a lifetime, wandering the world, but in the end, you die under its weight. What's the point? —Add some color! —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
55. Both sides want to escape this place, but the other is always watching them. In fact, the watcher also wants to escape, but the watched also watches the watcher. Soon, husband and wife become each other's jailers. The idea that one must love someone forever—it is because of this foolish notion that marriage had to be invented. Marriage turns love into something stable and secure—like a stone, no longer a flower. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
56. The Buddha said, "You will understand. I have only said this much, and the secret I have kept is the leaves of the whole forest." My situation is different. I have spoken of the whole forest; I have kept only one secret, only one leaf. Before his death, the Buddha declared that he would return in 25 centuries, this time as Maitreya. Maitreya means friend. The Buddha did not return; no enlightened one has ever returned, so this is just a saying… —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
57. In the East, there are two points in time considered mystical, bringing you closer to the mystery of existence than any other time. In the morning, before the sun rises and the last star has disappeared—the light is cool, because the sun is not yet there, and night has departed. The same happens at sunset. That interval between the setting sun and the approaching night is also a suitable time for meditation. —Osho, *The Zen Manifesto*
58. Death is the end of the pursuit. It is the end of the future; it negates any possibility of the future. This pursuing, competitive mind leads one to a great height, and what is it that falls from those heights but death? —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
59. You are not the contents, you are merely a mirror; if you can remember this, you will not encounter traps, and your path will be direct. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
60. I know this life is not everything—there is a greater life hidden behind it. But it is hidden behind this life. If you oppose this life, you cannot find a greater life; only by deeply immersing yourself in this life can you find a greater life. —Osho
61. Life obeys no one; it follows its own course. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
62. Each person is such a unique individual that there is no absolute map for everyone to follow; all that can be provided are vague hints and indicators. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
63. Bliss is the noblest when it occurs naturally, without any effort on your part. The noble person never begs, but accepts all that he needs. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
64. Others are hell because they take away your freedom. Perhaps through very deep love, perhaps through good intentions, but that is irrelevant. —Osho, *Buddha, the Mind of Emptiness*
65. You do not need to sit on a lotus seat. In my meditation, you do not need to torture yourself in any way. —Osho, *The Life of Osho*
66. Emptiness is beautiful. Emptiness means freedom, infinity. The entire sky is yours. Therefore understand: only in emptiness, absolute emptiness will be found. This is a good thing, because emptiness is tranquility, peace, and freedom from afflictions. You have discovered that space. The Buddha called it "Nirvana." Nirvana means emptiness. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
67. Once I have brought you from the mind to the heart, I can tell you: Spirituality belongs to nature. Spirituality is neither thought nor emotion; it is simply pure tranquility: it can be described as utter emptiness, or as overflowing with blessings. Meditation is the method of going from the mind to the heart, and from the heart to nature. The existence of that nature is the center of your life, the source of your life—containing inexhaustible life force. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
68. Death is an alchemy, the most subtle alchemy, which nature will utilize. When a person becomes very old, nature kills him. You will be afraid because you are attached to the past; otherwise, you would be happy, you would welcome death, you would be grateful to nature because nature always kills the old, the past, the dead, and your life will enter a new body. Nature will use methods to prevent you from remembering the past, otherwise you would be born old. —Osho
69. If you still hope that love will succeed, then you are not mature yet. If you truly and fully realize that this hope is against nature, is impossible...you are you, and others are others, then you are mature. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
70. Looking at your true nature, you will laugh—what a cruel joke life has played on you! When a person is enlightened, the first thing will be to laugh wildly—this thing you have sought for many lifetimes, but it has always been in your pocket! All it takes is a small jolt. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
71. Love comes from the unknown, and love goes to the unknown. Falling in love with someone is not actually in your hands, and you cannot decide the duration of this love. You can't do anything about love. It's like a free breeze; you can't control its coming and going. If you close all the doors and windows and shut out this breeze, then it is no longer the same fresh breeze. Soon it will stink, just like marriage—stale and stagnant. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
72. The mind always seeks excuses, comfort, and numbness to keep you away from spirituality. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
73. Everyone's way of life seems ordinary, even if their lifestyle might be crazy. When I knock on your door, I'm definitely asking you to become a little unusual. I'm tempting you towards a life that others dare not live but you will live…it will be unique, new, and unknown. It takes courage. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
74. Society doesn't want you to know yourself, and that's dangerous for society. Those who know themselves are destined to be rebels. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
75. Among people, in the name of love, they create more and more hatred. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
76. Spirituality is the experience of truth. Humans do need spirituality; it is the most luxurious need, the ultimate luxury. Slightly below spirituality is love. —Osho, *Osho's Cultural Revolution*
77. People live in unconsciousness, and that is the root of all suffering. There is no other cause of suffering. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
78. Some have already arrived; I myself arrived without following. You too can arrive, but remember, that non-following should not become a form of self-satisfaction, otherwise you will never arrive. —Osho, *The Way of the White Clouds*
79. For me, awareness is the only morality, ethics, and religion, because through awareness, you cannot do anything wrong. It is always your unconscious mind that compels you to do wrong things. —Osho, *The Zen Manifesto*
80. One can have enough of meditation, and one can have enough of love, but one can never have enough—moving from meditation to love, and from love to meditation. Boredom is impossible; life constantly renews itself. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
81. Truth is known only when thought ceases to exist; it is thought that separates you and me, separates you from others, separates you from existence. —Osho, *The Heart Sutra*
82. The mind, and the operation of its language function, is not ultimate. You transcend it; existence transcends it. Awareness transcends language; existence transcends language. When awareness and existence become one, they merge. This merging is meditation. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
83. You must seek the truth alone, not follow in the footsteps of others. The world of truth is like the sky, where geese fly by without leaving a trace. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
84. You feel bored with yourself; you cannot be alone. Even if you are alone for a few moments, you feel restless, uncomfortable, and uneasy. You yearn to see someone because you cannot be with yourself. This companion is too boring, your own companion. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
85. If you could look into the eyes of an enlightened being, you would see they are completely different. A Buddha looks at you, yet he does not look at you. You are not part of his eyes. His gaze is empty. Sometimes you may be afraid because you feel he is indifferent to you. He looks at you so emptily, without caring about you at all. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
86. What you know as love is merely infatuation. You fall in love with someone. If that person becomes completely yours, love quickly dies; but if there are many obstacles, if you cannot have the one you love, love will become intense. The more obstacles you face, the stronger your love will feel. If you cannot obtain your beloved or lover, your love will become eternal; but if you can easily obtain your lover, then your love will also die easily. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
87. The heart can experience and express beauty and love. But this is still not enough. If you do not reach your true nature, you will never be truly satisfied. A person who knows their own nature is the richest. In fact, this is the kingdom of God. Here you are a god. Once you return to the center of your life, you are an emperor. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
88. Through solitude, the ego is shattered. It has no object of connection, so it cannot exist. Therefore, if you are prepared to be alone, unwaveringly alone, neither running away nor retreating, fully accepting the fact of solitude—it will become a great opportunity. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
89. The ego is violent, and "no" is the most subtle form of violence. That is why you hear "no" in every office. No matter who you are, an ordinary employee can say no to everyone, and that's how he feels powerful. —Osho, *Osho's Writings*
90. Bliss is a sudden guest. When it comes, how it comes, why it comes—there are no answers. It comes, that's certain. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
91. There are two paths: forget yourself, a worldly path; remember yourself, a divine path. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
92. Only with a mind full of suffering can the ego exist. The ego is merely a combination of all your suffering, so only when you are truly ready to relinquish the ego will your suffering disappear; otherwise, you will continue to generate new suffering. —Osho, *Faith Inscription*
93. Survival is tension. Death is relaxation. —Osho, *The Zen Manifesto*
94. The enlightened one acts independently at all times. Every word he speaks carries no ego, yet still has the power to kill. —Osho, *Buddha, the Mind of Emptiness*
95. Do nothing. There is nothing to do. Right here in my room, in my chair, I enjoy myself. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
96. Time is a false concept created by the mind. Eternity is truth, the state of no time is truth. —Osho, *The Book of Wisdom*
97. The path to divinity is to become no one, a state of complete non-existence, emptiness. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
98. Existence is only now. The mind is never in the present. In fact, in the present moment, you have no mind, only immense stillness. The entire inner sky has no thought, no clouds. I call this state no-thought. —Osho, *Osho's Biography*
99. If you cannot hate the one you love, then your love has no tension. It will be a lifeless thing. Without opposing poles, everything becomes dull. —Osho, *Hidden Harmony*
100. Never ask why. Life has no whys. —Osho, *Zoba Buddha*
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