--- title: "9 Dependent Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "9 Dependent quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Dependent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/rajneesh-54_beautiful_you-will-not-become-dependent-on-the-peo_2640998.jpg" --- > [You will not become dependent on the people you love. You will share - and sharing is beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-will-not-become-dependent-on-the-people-you-love-you-will-share/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/rajneesh-54_beautiful_you-will-not-become-dependent-on-the-peo_2640998.jpg) > [The only thing that matters in life is your own opinion about yourself, nobody can destroy your dignity then, because it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-only-thing-that-matters-in-life-is-your-own-opinion-about/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/rajneesh-54_about-yourself_the-only-thing-that-matters-in-life-is-y_503840.jpg) > [Joy is not dependent on circumstances; it is your own. It is not a titillation produced by things; it is a state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/joy-is-not-dependent-on-circumstances-it-is-your-own-it-is-not-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/rajneesh-54_circumstances_joy-is-not-dependent-on-circumstances-it_3167342.jpg) > [The ordinary marriage is an unconscious bondage: you cannot live alone so you become dependent on the other; the other cannot live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-ordinary-marriage-is-an-unconscious-bondage-you-cannot-live-alone/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/rajneesh-54_bondage_the-ordinary-marriage-is-an-unconscious_250671.jpg) > [The parents, the society, the state, the church, the educational system, they all depend on lies. As the child is born they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-parents-the-society-the-state-the-church-the-educational-system/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/rajneesh-54_age_the-parents-the-society-the-state-the-ch_974530.jpg) > [If you can come to this nowness without sex, sex, by and by will become useless, it will disappear. It will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-can-come-to-this-nowness-without-sex-sex-by-and-by-will-become/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/rajneesh-54_dependent_if-you-can-come-to-this-nowness-without_1398111.jpg) > [First meditate, be blissful, then much love will happen of its own accord. Then being with others is beautiful and being alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/first-meditate-be-blissful-then-much-love-will-happen-of-its-own/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/rajneesh-54_accord_first-meditate-be-blissful-then-much-lov_3087960.jpg) > [One should think in terms of whether one is loving or not. The question of the object of love does not arise.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/one-should-think-in-terms-of-whether-one-is-loving-or-not-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/rajneesh-54_arise_one-should-think-in-terms-of-whether-one_512333.jpg) > [The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-capacity-to-be-alone-is-the-capacity-to-love-it-may-look-2/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/rajneesh-54_becoming_the-capacity-to-be-alone-is-the-capacity_841369.jpg) ## Other authors on Dependent ## More by Rajneesh > [Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/because-of-the-womb-being-a-central-phenomenon-in-the-feminine-body/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-all-depends-on-you-you-can-go-on-sleeping-forever-you-can-wake-up/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-greatest-mystery-in-life-is-not-life-itself-but-death-death-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/this-mind-is-a-prison-it-cannot-find-any-freedom-anywhere-it-must-die/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/never-belong-to-a-crowd-never-belong-to-a-nation-never-belong-to-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Money should not be in the hands of individuals; otherwise it will create this problem of being burdened with guilt. And money can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/money-should-not-be-in-the-hands-of-individuals-otherwise-it-will/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible that marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/marriage-is-going-to-disappear-should-disappear-and-now-the-point-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [A mature mind is one who understands the impossibility of knowing the ultimate, and with this understanding there is a new dimension: the dimension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-mature-mind-is-one-who-understands-the-impossibility-of-knowing-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created splits in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-word-religion-comes-from-an-origin-which-means-coming-together/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Love and laughter go together; and laughter is one of the greatest medicines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/love-and-laughter-go-together-and-laughter-is-one-of-the-greatest/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-are-people-who-want-to-become-rich-they-become-rich-if-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/just-take-one-thing-out-and-the-whole-palace-the-whole-edifice-of-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [To me, man means awareness of death. I am not saying become afraid of death; that is not awareness. Just be aware of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/to-me-man-means-awareness-of-death-i-am-not-saying-become-afraid-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [So your life becomes a vital celebration, your relationship becomes a festive thing. Whatsoever you do, every moment is a festival. You eat, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/so-your-life-becomes-a-vital-celebration-your-relationship-becomes-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > ["Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/serenity-is-the-flavor-of-meditation/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dependent/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "9 Dependent Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You will not become dependent on the people you love. 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