Rajneesh Quotes

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience.

Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.

It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.

The way sometimes we preach we make out that God is waiting eagerly to catch us out. It's not that way at all. I mean, it is extraordinary because it almost is as if God in fact wills us also to sin, but that is not true.

Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [ Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.

I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us, if we go to hell, as we have unconfessed sins on our consciences.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

Falling is a hard thing to do whether you are a Christian or not, but when you are in Christ, it comes with a deep sadness for letting your Savior down.

I know what sin is.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

I have sinned against you, my Lord.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.