--- title: "21 Given Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "21 Given quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Given sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/rajneesh-54_continuity_choose-one-meditation-and-then-put-all-y_1693007.jpg" --- > [Choose one meditation and then put all your effort in it. That effort has to be very regular because will is created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/choose-one-meditation-and-then-put-all-your-effort-in-it-that-effort/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/rajneesh-54_continuity_choose-one-meditation-and-then-put-all-y_1693007.jpg) > [Unless you drop your personality you will not be able to find your individuality. Individuality is given by existence; personality is imposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/unless-you-drop-your-personality-you-will-not-be-able-to-find-your/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/rajneesh-54_able_unless-you-drop-your-personality-you-wil_2750336.jpg) > [Only the inner silence is yours. No-one gave it to you. You were born with it and you will die with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/only-the-inner-silence-is-yours-no-one-gave-it-to-you-you-were-born/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/rajneesh-54_born_only-the-inner-silence-is-yours-no-one-g_1285941.jpg) > [Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow. More than this nature cannot do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/nature-has-come-to-a-point-where-now-unless-you-take-individual-3/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/rajneesh-54_done_nature-has-come-to-a-point-where-now-unl_1230056.jpg) > [Beyond mind, there is an awareness that is intrinsic, that is not given to you by the outside, and is not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/beyond-mind-there-is-an-awareness-that-is-intrinsic-that-is-not-given/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/rajneesh-54_awareness_beyond-mind-there-is-an-awareness-that-i_1012360.jpg) > [My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/my-people-i-have-given-them-a-sense-of-individuality-integrity-i-have/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/rajneesh-54_any_my-people-i-have-given-them-a-sense-of-i_2809687.jpg) > [Whenever commandments are given they create difficulties for people, because by the time they are given they are already out of date.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/whenever-commandments-are-given-they-create-difficulties-for-people/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/rajneesh-54_belief_whenever-commandments-are-given-they-cre_2517297.jpg) > [Zen says that if you drop knowledge - and within knowledge everything is included; your name, your identity, everything, because this has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/zen-says-that-if-you-drop-knowledge-and-within-knowledge-everything/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/rajneesh-54_child-abuse_zen-says-that-if-you-drop-knowledge-and_778774.jpg) > [Have you ever thought about why, all over the world, in every culture, in every society, there are a few days in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/have-you-ever-thought-about-why-all-over-the-world-in-every-culture/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/rajneesh-54_birthday_have-you-ever-thought-about-why-all-over_2108263.jpg) > [Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/any-judgment-is-past-oriented-and-existence-is-always-herenow-life-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/rajneesh-54_children_any-judgment-is-past-oriented-and-existe_1368650.jpg) > [Chaung Tzu was one of the most natural men the world has seen. He has not given any discipline, he has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/chaung-tzu-was-one-of-the-most-natural-men-the-world-has-seen-he-has/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/rajneesh-54_bird_chaung-tzu-was-one-of-the-most-natural-m_1812603.jpg) > [Be creative in that sense and your creativity will become an offering to God. God has given you so many gifts, Garima;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/be-creative-in-that-sense-and-your-creativity-will-become-an-offering/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/rajneesh-54_and-love_be-creative-in-that-sense-and-your-creat_358655.jpg) > [Don't be imitators. The mind is an imitator, because it is easier to play the game of imitation than to become authentically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/don-t-be-imitators-the-mind-is-an-imitator-because-it-is-easier-to/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/rajneesh-54_christ_don-t-be-imitators-the-mind-is-an-imitat_746218.jpg) > [These seven centers, these seven chakras Yoga and Tantra have talked about down the ages, are nothing but five knots in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/these-seven-centers-these-seven-chakras-yoga-and-tantra-have-talked/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/rajneesh-54_age_these-seven-centers-these-seven-chakras_2530950.jpg) > [What is fear? Why are you so afraid? Even if everything is known about you and you are an open book, why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even-if-everything-is-known-about/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/rajneesh-54_book_what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even_344936.jpg) > [Marriage is not a natural phenomenon. It is artificial, arbitrary. And when it disappears you cannot do anything to bring it back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/marriage-is-not-a-natural-phenomenon-it-is-artificial-arbitrary-and/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/rajneesh-54_arbitrary_marriage-is-not-a-natural-phenomenon-it_433868.jpg) > [Everybody knows what celebration is. I have never come across a person who does not know what celebration is. Just rejoicing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/everybody-knows-what-celebration-is-i-have-never-come-across-a-person/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/rajneesh-54_birthday_everybody-knows-what-celebration-is-i-ha_2809639.jpg) > [The future is just your hope, expectation. And when this life is not fulfilling you start looking further, beyond death. All these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-future-is-just-your-hope-expectation-and-when-this-life-is-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/rajneesh-54_birth_the-future-is-just-your-hope-expectation_1331181.jpg) > [There is no greater enjoyment than that of sharing something. Have you given something to somebody? That's why people enjoy giving gifts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-is-no-greater-enjoyment-than-that-of-sharing-something-have-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/rajneesh-54_delight_there-is-no-greater-enjoyment-than-that_1699744.jpg) > [Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow. More than this nature cannot do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/nature-has-come-to-a-point-where-now-unless-you-take-individual-2/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/rajneesh-54_done_nature-has-come-to-a-point-where-now-unl_1176040.jpg) > [Up to now, men and women have not been living in relationship - because woman has never been thought equal. And relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/up-to-now-men-and-women-have-not-been-living-in-relationship-because/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/rajneesh-54_absolutes_up-to-now-men-and-women-have-not-been-li_3181425.jpg) ## Other authors on Given ## 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/given/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "21 Given Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Choose one meditation and then put all your effort in it. That effort has to be very regular because will is created only out of regularity. It has to be very persistent and a continuity has to be maintained. 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