Rajneesh Quotes

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

Not worrying is a skill. It's a skill not breaking down every single moment.

It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Fear is natural. Be with it.

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

There's always going to be people saying negative and positive things. If you let all that into you, and you're always contemplating that and thinking about that, I'm sure that can get to you. I try not to do that.

I want to keep my sanity.

Don't stress out about the things you can't control.

What I work hardest at is just trying to not let things get me crazy.

I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

I try not to think about the things I can't control.

You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.

In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify and water the positive seeds every day.

Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles which have come to you in the past and will come again in the future, but ask yourself with regard to every present difficulty: 'What is there in this that is unbearable and beyond endurance?'

In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course I get angry, but then a few minutes later I say to myself, 'What's the use of this,' and I let it go.'

When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?'

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

I learned from my parents to do my best to not react to negative emotions. I try to think about what has happened and find the lessons that can be learned from these difficult experiences. I try to deal with these negative emotions right away because, if they stay inside, they can hurt and do a lot of damage. I release them as soon as possible so I can be free.