Rajneesh Quotes

The only people who become disillusioned are people who have illusions.

Disillusion is the last illusion.

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

Things aren't always the fairy tale that you thought they were.

Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.

He reached for his pocket, and found there, only reality

There is a flaw with words, they always force us to feel enlightened, but when we turn around to face the world they always fail us and we end up facing the world as we always have, without enlightenment

Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

Nothing keeps its promise.

People always say a script will be 'brought to life in a magical way,' but for me that has been proven wrong time and time again.

I got involved in music because I love everything about it, but now I'm in it you see the other side and it isn't much fun. Not as glamorous and enjoyable as you imagine.

It's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind.

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

You know, nothing is ever happily-ever-after. Ever.

The demise of Constellation is not the death of a dream. It's just the end of an illusion.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

Many people would rather have fine words and false hopes than the truth which is unacceptable.