Rajneesh Quotes

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

Material things are delightful, but they're not important.

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.

O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing.

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.

Material things don't matter.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.

Man wants little, nor that little long.

A simple life is its own reward.

To the degree we can live without the things of this world, we are wealthy.

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

The less you need, the more you attract.

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.

I wasn’t trying to invent better and better homes, but to show her that homes didn’t matter, we could live in any home, in any city, in any country, in any century, and be happy, as if the world were just what we lived in.

I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Religious people are happier.

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.