Non-Ambition Quotes

I'm not 'Blockbuster Boy.' I never wanted to be. I wasn't looking for that.

I don't feel rivalry. I'm the least competitive person you'll meet ever, to a fault.

I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.

I don't seek power and do not run around.

Meditation is your awakening. The moment you awake, sleep disappears and with it all the dreams, all the projections, all expectations, all desires. Suddenly you are in a state of desirelessness, non-ambition, unfathomable silence. And only in this silence, blossoms flower in your being. Only in this silence the lotuses open their petals.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.

I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.

Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for.

The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.