--- title: "9 Ease Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "9 Ease quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Ease sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/rajneesh-54_ambition_man-wants-two-contradictory-things-toget_1016329.jpg" --- > [Man wants two contradictory things together: he wants peace and he is ambitious. It is impossible. If you are ambitious, then your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/man-wants-two-contradictory-things-together-he-wants-peace-and-he-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/rajneesh-54_ambition_man-wants-two-contradictory-things-toget_1016329.jpg) > [Change the emphasis, turn your attention around. If you become concerned with death, your life comes to be revealed to you for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/change-the-emphasis-turn-your-attention-around-if-you-become/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/rajneesh-54_attention_change-the-emphasis-turn-your-attention_2198164.jpg) > [Always go with the river of life. Never try to go against the current, and never try to go faster than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/always-go-with-the-river-of-life-never-try-to-go-against-the-current/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/rajneesh-54_absolutes_always-go-with-the-river-of-life-never-t_811962.jpg) > [If you really want to drop the guilt you will have to drop your parental voices within, the priestly voices within. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-really-want-to-drop-the-guilt-you-will-have-to-drop-your/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/rajneesh-54_able_if-you-really-want-to-drop-the-guilt-you_2029536.jpg) > [A man who thinks that death is against life can never be non-violent. It is impossible. A man who thinks that death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-man-who-thinks-that-death-is-against-life-can-never-be-non-violent/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/rajneesh-54_around-the-corner_a-man-who-thinks-that-death-is-against-l_2112658.jpg) > [Every child is simple, just a clean slate. Then the parents start writing on his slate - what he has to become.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/every-child-is-simple-just-a-clean-slate-then-the-parents-start/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/rajneesh-54_becoming_every-child-is-simple-just-a-clean-slate_1012029.jpg) > [Humanity needs a new soil - the soil of freedom. Bohemianism was a reaction, a necessary reaction, but if my vision succeeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/humanity-needs-a-new-soil-the-soil-of-freedom-bohemianism-was-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/rajneesh-54_bohemianism_humanity-needs-a-new-soil-the-soil-of-fr_2255864.jpg) > [My whole effort is to help you to disappear. My whole effort is to help you to be so empty: anatta -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/my-whole-effort-is-to-help-you-to-disappear-my-whole-effort-is-to/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/rajneesh-54_be-you_my-whole-effort-is-to-help-you-to-disapp_2830787.jpg) > [Whenever you drop something by fight, it is never dropped. You can drop smoking by fighting, and then you will start doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/whenever-you-drop-something-by-fight-it-is-never-dropped-you-can-drop/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/rajneesh-54_chewing_whenever-you-drop-something-by-fight-it_2283550.jpg) ## Other authors on Ease ## 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/ease/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "9 Ease Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man wants two contradictory things together: he wants peace and he is ambitious. It is impossible. If you are ambitious, then your mind is bound to remain restless. If you want peace, then the first requirement is to drop all ambition. 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