Rajneesh Quotes

Jesus must have had a sense of humor. I like to think of Him as a guy who got people to listen to Him by leaving them laughing and chuckling with one another.

I pity anyone who can't laugh. There must be something wrong with their religion or their lives. The devil can't laugh.

Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

Some people think it is difficult to be a Christian and to laugh, but I think it's the other way around. God writes a lot of comedy, its just that he has so many bad actors.

I'm not a dogmatic Christian and I don't believe in the Bible literally, but I realized that Jesus is basically a very Zen dude.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

I love Jesus.

You can be a follower of Jesus and not necessarily be a Christian.

Humor is a part of spirituality.

We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.

People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.

Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.

Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption.

I believe in God and his son, Jesus.

As for my religion, I worship Jesus.

Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.

Our family was just really passionate about Jesus.

I can't believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.

Christianity is a strangely cheery religion.

Usually, old ladies tell me to find Jesus. Look, I'm just trying to find some chai and a good vegan muffin.

Laughter is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the very disease. Laughter is egolessness.

The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the elevation of the soul, and all the energies of the understanding, and all the strength of the will.

When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.

LAUGHTER is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the very disease. Laughter is egolessness. Yes, there is a difference between when you laugh and when a religious man laughs. The difference is that you laugh always about others - the religious man laughs at himself, or at the whole ridiculousness of man's being. Religion cannot be anything other than a celebration of life.