Rajneesh Quotes

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

The demons are innumerable, appear at the most inconvenient times, and create panic and terror. But I have learnt that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage.

All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power.

You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.

My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of our bodies. Once that load is gone (or so some ancient texts teach us) the mind is like a horse off the tether. So the habits we get into here might have something to do with what happens to us afterwards. An exciting but harrowing idea, given the everyday state of my mind. But also hopeful, since that's something a person can work with.

Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

The domination of one's spirit and mind is not a pretty thing, but I think it happens.

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat.

It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom drawer. Until the box was empty it occupied the mind too much.

There's a lesson in every temptation.

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

There is only one way by which you can achieve prosperity. It is to take charge of your mind.

The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17). You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).

There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded beyond the door. The ones who think that stray desires can be driven out of the heart like the moneychangers from the temple. Maybe they can, if you patrol your weak points day and night, don't look, don't smell, don't dream.