Rajneesh Quotes

Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.

I don't need handcuffs to enslave a woman.

"And when you had made sure of the poor little fool," said my aunt - "God forgive me that I should call her so, and she gone where YOU won't go in a hurry - because you had not done wrong enough to her and hers, you must begin to train her, must you? begin to break her, like a poor caged bird, and wear her deluded life away, in teaching her to sing YOUR notes?"

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

You keep folks so intimidated. You can give them money, access, but they're still scared. And as long as you're scared, you're on the plantation.

Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.

The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.

Fear works. It is more effective than any drug, tactic, or torture device.

Powerlessness also corrupts.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.

People who are divided are easier to control.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.

Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.