Rajneesh Quotes

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

Life deceives everyone except the individual who doesn't contemplate it, the individual who demands nothing from it, the individual who serenely accepts its few gifts and serenely makes the most of them.

When the striving ceases, there is life waiting as a gift.

You need not even listen, just wait...the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

What more can we require? Nothing but time.

To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift of life.

There are so many happy memories that will be made. You just have to live long enough to get to them.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

There it is. Take it.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

I have no projects on the horizon. I don't feel frustrated. It's a great life lesson for me.

I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

It's hard to be patient. It's hard to sit back and actually wait and allow everything - just let it be.

Be patient - if something is supposed to happen, it's going to happen. Whenever I've tried to force things, they didn't go right.

Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.

Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.

You've got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.

I don't wonder about anything. I'm too old to wonder. I think the most important thing is to wake-up with a pulse. I look in the obituary columns. If I'm not in it, I get out of bed.

All moments are beautiful, only you have to be receptive and surrendering. All moments are blessings, only you have to be capable of seeing. All moments are benedictions. If you accept with a deep gratitude, nothing ever goes wrong.