Rajneesh Quotes

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and from expectations. Breaking attachments leads to freedom, but breaking attachments does not mean abandoning a loving and meaningful relationship, a relationship that nourrishes your soul. It means ending dependency on any person or thing. Love is never a dependency.

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

I love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people, we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life and I don't have a problem with that.

The more independent you are of him, the more interested he will be.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.

I think the best thing your parents can do for you is to let you be yourself.

I do know what my family has done for me, but they do need to give me some space to let me be myself. There would be some things I would handle differently.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

I need space to grow and get old and be a human being. I don't want to be trapped in your ingenue bubble. And I don't agree with it either, by the way.

I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.

You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

It's nice to finally be my own person.

I joined the army because I was a very self-sufficient young man. I always wanted to stand on my own two feet.

I'm not someone who clings on to records.

I think people sometimes get my message misconstrued and believe I'm trying to brag, but I'm genuinely trying to show people that you can do it all yourself, and there's so much power and freedom in that.

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.