Osho's Wisdom Unveiled: The Power of His Profound Quotes

Courage is a love affair with the unknown.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle.

The greatest fear in the world is the opinion of others, and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion.

The mind is a beautiful servant but a dangerous master.

If you want to learn anything, learn trust—not techniques. If you want to know anything, know divinity—not the scriptures. If you want to be anything, be yourself—not an ego.

Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.

If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible—only you and you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

If you can laugh when you are completely broken, then there is nothing that can break you next time.

To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; ourselves and not the world, as we presently conceive it, but the world as it really is.

Listen to your being. It is continuously giving you hints; it is a still, small voice. It does not shout at you, that is true. And if you are a little silent, you will start feeling your way.

Drop the idea of becoming someone because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Be a lotus flower. Be in the water, and do not let the water touch you.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

When I say 'be creative,' I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem.

Friendship is the purest love.

Love and respect yourself and never compromise for anything. And then you will be surprised how much growth starts happening of its own accord.

In love, there is no demand, no desire, no expectation. Love is just there—an overflowing joy.

If you love a flower, don't pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies, and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth.

Experience life in all possible ways—good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience because the more experience you have, the more mature you become.

Life is a balance between rest and movement.

It is the long, arduous journey of the soul from the world back to God, from the separation back to the union. In this lies all the beauty, all the poetry, all that is valuable and significant.

The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.