Rajneesh Quotes

Appearances have very little to do with happiness.

Success is happiness. People say, "Oh that sounds corny." No matter how rich you are you can only sit your ass in one seat at a time. You have to be comfortable in that seat.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.

Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.

Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, that makes me happy. The success part of it is all gravy.

Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.

If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

I try to live by the rule do what makes you happy.

Another car is not going to help me out, a nicer car, I've already got it. A bigger house ain't gonna do anything for me, and you know, a yacht, it's not going to do anything for me anymore. So how can I find happiness?

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

Happiness based on reasons is actually another form of misery.

Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys great hookers - but not happiness.

I sometimes think that the size of our happiness is inversely proportional to the size of our house.

Money will never make you happy if you are an unhappy person.

Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when they don’t have enough of it they feel let down. Therefore, it is important to let people know that they have the source of contentment and happiness within themselves, and that it is related to nurturing our natural inner values.

True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it any more than you seek the air you breathe. It is a part of life to be found within living. ... All pursuit of happiness is based upon the false assumption that there is a way to possess it; you may as well try to grab a handful of breeze! Happiness is the natural expression of a stress-free life, just as sunlight naturally warms the Earth after dark clouds appear.

Instead of pleasing, learn the art of happiness.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be vindicated in my own lifetime.

I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.

No matter how many luxuries you get, something will be missing. No matter how carefully you choose, you'll never be totally happy.

Guys, just remember, if you get lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you get out and buy a lot of stuff--it's gonna break. You got your biggest, fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It's got a pool. Just think of all the pumps that are going to go out. Or go to a yacht basin any place in the world. Nobody is smiling, and I'll tell you why. Something broke that morning. The generator's out; the microwave oven doesn't work . . . Things just don't mean happiness.