Rajneesh Quotes

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

I aspire only to silence.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.

My hobby is silence.

Pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still. A portal is opening up.

Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.

The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free of noise and argument. Let us hear the Word of God in stillness and perhaps we will then come to understand it.

It isn't necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don't even listen, just wait. Don't wait, be still and alone. The whole world will offer itself to you.

Thought will not work except in silence.

Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.

There is a way to master silence Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners And listen to the hiss of time outside

Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

To many mortals silence great gain brings.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except for what was in the scene. Whole days of... nothing. Just... standing still. I know a lot of people found it bizarre, because they'd be standing right next to me thinking, 'Why aren't we talking? What's going on?'

I love silence.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.

When I was in lower school, I graduated from fourth grade, and the principal gave us a summer assignment to take a 30-minute reflection period every day. And, of course, there were no cell phones at the time. She said to just think. And that's lost. It doesn't exist anymore. Just imagine being on a couch and just thinking.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet.

All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.