
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.
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- Discourses
- Books compiled from talks
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Quotes by Osho
118 quotes“Be — don't try to become.”
beingThe Book of Secrets
“Within and without and beyond is what you are.”
selfThe Book of Secrets
“Truth is not something that has to be achieved. It is your nature. You are it.”
truthThe Book of Secrets
“Life begins where fear ends.”
lifeCourage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before.”
motherhoodThe Book of Secrets
“The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.”
motherhoodThe Book of Secrets
“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece.”
becomingDiscourses on Zen
“You cannot be improved. You have only to be discovered.”
improvementDiscourses on Zen
“Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.”
friendshipThe Way of the White Clouds
“The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.”
lifeThe Book of Secrets
“Don't move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move.”
fearCourage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
“Courage is a love affair with the unknown.”
courageCourage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches.”
sadnessJoy: The Happiness That Comes from Within
“Happiness is like a delicate flower; if you cling to it, the flower withers.”
happinessJoy: The Happiness That Comes from Within
“Happiness is like a butterfly: chase it, and it will fly away. Sit silently, and it will come and sit on your shoulder.”
happinessJoy: The Happiness That Comes from Within
“Don't search for the truth; just drop your opinions.”
truthThe Heart Sutra
“The greatest fear in the world is the opinions of others.”
fearCourage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
“And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion.”
fearCourage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
“To be nobody is to be somebody real.”
nobodyThe Mustard Seed
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