Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole existence. Why limit yourself to small things? When the whole is available.

~OSHO
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

~Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Real meditation means: don't avoid the inner madhouse; enter into it, face it, encounter it, be watchful, because it is through watchfulness that you will overcome it.

~OSHO
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In the stillness of the mind, I saw myself as I am: unbound.

~Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Remember, that which appeals to the ego cannot help your spiritual growth.

~OSHO
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Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

~Rumi
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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

~Lao Tzu
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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

~Lao Tzu
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A horse suddenly came galloping quickly down the road. It seemed as though the man had somewhere important to go.

Another man, who was standing alongside the road, shouted, "Where are you going?" and the man on the horse replied,

"I don't know! Ask the horse!"

~Zen Story
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One morning, sitting in his bed, Chuang Tzu looked very sad. His disciples had never seen him so sad. And never after waking up had he remained in his bed, sitting. What had happened? Was he sick?

They gathered around and asked him, “Master, what is the matter?”

He said, “The matter is really difficult, I cannot solve it; perhaps you may be of some help. I will tell you what is the matter.

“In the night I dreamed that I had become a butterfly, and I was moving from one flower to another flower.”

The disciples said, “This is nothing to be sad about. In dreams we all do strange things; and this is not a bad thing, to be a butterfly – colourful, beautiful, moving from one juicy flower to another juicy flower.

“Why are you so worried?”

He said, “You have not heard the whole thing. The problem is, now I am awake and I am wondering whether Chuang Tzu dreamed that he is a butterfly, or now the butterfly has gone to sleep and is dreaming she is Chuang Tzu. Both are possible. If Chuang Tzu can dream that he is a butterfly, why can’t a butterfly dream that she is a Chuang Tzu?”

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When there is anger there is always pain underneath.

~Eckhart Tolle
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An alive and loving person simply loves. Love is a natural function. So the second thing to remember is, don't ask for perfection; otherwise you will not find any love flowing in you. On the contrary, you will become unloving. People who demand perfection are very unloving people, neurotic. Even if they can find a lover they demand perfection, and the love is destroyed because of that demand. Once a man loves a woman or a woman loves a man, demands immediately enter. The woman starts demanding that the man should be perfect, just because he loves her. As if he has committed a sin! Now he has to be perfect, now he has to drop all his limitations,suddenly, just because of this woman? Now he cannot be human? Either he has to become superhuman or he has to become phony, false, a cheat. Naturally, to become superhuman is very difficult, so people become cheats. They start pretending and acting and playing games. In the name of love people are just playing games. So the second thing to remember is never to demand perfection. You have no right to demand anything from anybody. If somebody loves you, be thankful, but don't demand anything,because the other has no obligation to love you. If somebody loves, it is a miracle. Be thrilled by the miracle.

~OSHO
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You have within you more love than you could ever understand.

~Rumi
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Think before you desire a thing. There is every possibility that it will be fulfilled, and then you will suffer.

~OSHO
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All know the way; few actually walk it.

~Bodhidharma
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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

~Lao Tzu
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