Rajneesh Quotes

I have to really enjoy someone's personality, not just their looks, before I'll kiss them.

We all have our tastes and our type... [But] for me to say 'You're beautiful', I can only say that to my girlfriend. The word 'beautiful' has such a different caliber than any other word out there, like sexy, hot, cute.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

I'll date one day if I find someone that I want to let into my life enough.

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

I want a man in my life, not in my house.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

I like my life alone. I mean, I love being with friends, and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

I have a lady, she's a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means.

Everyone talks about the elusive thing with chemistry. If you have a romance on screen or anything, the first thing you have to do is become friends with the person. It's not necessarily about falling in love.

When I look at relationships, my own and others, I see a wide range of reasons for people to be together and ways in which they are together. I see ways in which a relationship - which means something that exists between two or more people - for the most part reinforces people's separateness as individual entities.

It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in love and romance. It's the best. But holding on to yourself while doing that is the most important thing.

I'm one of those guys that - as far as relationships and stuff go - if you smile at me, I'm like, 'Let's date for three years' - which is just ridiculous.

Flirtation is something that should be practiced very regularly. Flirtation is like taking a nice walk. You do it as a form of exercise, but it also contributes most highly to your well-being.

The wonderful thing about my husband is that we are very good at being independent.

I just don't believe in love at first sight anymore, even though I've based my whole career on the concept. In my experience, power, money and influence always attract the opposite sex. It's something that I've always exploited - with good results.

Romantic love is a trap designed to get two people to overlook each other's faults long enough to get some babymaking done. It generally only lasts for a few years at most.

I look at people for their souls, and I can see myself falling in love with anyone after getting to know them and developing a relationship.

My relationships are between me and whomever I'm with, not between me and the world.

I cannot just blindly love someone.