Rajneesh Quotes

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.

No wonder is greater than any other wonder, and if once explained ceases to be a wonder.

Once a person stops searching for information and self-knowledge, ignorance sets in.

In mysteries what we know, and our realization of what we do not know, proceed together; the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. It is like the quantum world, where the more we understand its formalism, the stranger that world becomes.

An expert is a man who has stopped thinking. Why should he think? He is an expert.

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

Wonder is not precisely knowing.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

One last word of advice, though, Mr. Okada, though you may not want to hear this. There are things in this world it is better not to know about. Of course, those are the very things that people most want to know about. It's strange.

The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.

Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance.

The popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which we do not understand, is healthy and to be fostered. It is the same appetite which drives the best of true science, and it is an appetite which true science is best qualified to satisfy.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?But am I talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn't talk? If you say so I'll stop. I can STOP when I make up my mind to it, although it's difficult.

There's so little wonder left in the world because we've seen everything one way or another'.

When you think you know it all, there's not much that you'll learn.

We nothing know, but what is marvellous; Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.

Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars.

The day you think you know, your death has happened - because now there will be no wonder and no joy and no surprise. Now you will live a dead life.

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

There is but a slight difference between the man who may be said to know nothing and him who thinks he knows everything.

Before you ask more questions, think about whether you really want to know the answers.