268 quotes found
Mystic · Indian · 1931–1990
Indian mystic (1931–1990)
“Creativity is the fragrance of individual freedom.”
“Freedom to dream has not yet been taken away by governments.”
“The creative person has to dissolve all should and should nots. He needs freedom and space, vast space; he needs the whole sky and all the stars. Only then can his innermost spontaneity start growing.”
“The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar o...”
“The only way to go beyond death is to accept death. Then it disappears. The only way to be fearless is to accept fear. Then the energy is released and becomes freedom.”
“The family is one of the greatest traps that society has used for millennia to keep man a slave”
“Mind is basically the beginning of madness. And if you are too much in it, it will drive you mad.Mind has no certainity about anything. If you are betweeen two polarities of the mind,in a limbo--al...”
“No-thinking is the door. No-word is the gate. No-mind is the way.”
“Zen is a single stepthe journey of one single step. You can call it the last step or the first step, it doesnt matter. It is the first and it is the last, the alpha and the omega. The whole teachin...”
“Yoga is a method to come to a nondreaming mind. Yoga is the science to be in the here and now.”
“Mind: A beautiful servant, a dangerous master.”
“Untalented people, unintelligent people go into politics. Those who are talented become artists, painters, poets, philosophers, mystics, dancers. They have a thousand and one other beautiful things...”
“The Truth Is That Existence Wants Your Life To Become A Festival Because When You Are Unhappy, You Also Throw Unhappiness All Around.”
“Life is a mystery, not a riddle. It has to be lived, not solved.”
“Live as intensely as possible, burn your candle of life from both ends.”
“Life is not a problem to be solved, it is a mystery to be lived.”
“Don't try to understand life. Live it! Don't try to understand love. Move into love. Then you will know - and all that knowing will come out of your experiencing. The more you know, the more you kn...”
“Risk all. Let life be a play, a risk, a gamble. And when you can risk all you will attain to a sharpness in your being: your soul will be born. The Golden Flower can bloom in you only if you are co...”
“You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous. You cannot be loving if you are not courageous. You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous. You cannot inquire into reality if you are not co...”
“Sometimes it happens that you become one, in some rare moment. Watch the ocean, the tremendous wildness of it--and suddenly you forget your split, your schizophrenia; you relax. Or, moving in the H...”
