--- title: "16 Growing Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "16 Growing quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Growing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/rajneesh-54_childhood_drop-the-fear-fear-was-taken-up-by-you-i_902898.jpg" --- > [Drop the fear. Fear was taken up by you in your childhood, unconsciously. Now consciously drop it and be mature. Then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/drop-the-fear-fear-was-taken-up-by-you-in-your-childhood/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/rajneesh-54_childhood_drop-the-fear-fear-was-taken-up-by-you-i_902898.jpg) > [Whatsoever you hide goes on growing, and whatsoever you expose, if it is wrong it disappears, evaporates in the sun, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/whatsoever-you-hide-goes-on-growing-and-whatsoever-you-expose-if-it/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/rajneesh-54_disappear_whatsoever-you-hide-goes-on-growing-and_1050810.jpg) > [Once you start drinking a little of meditativeness, a little of love, you start growing wings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/once-you-start-drinking-a-little-of-meditativeness-a-little-of-love/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/rajneesh-54_drinking_once-you-start-drinking-a-little-of-medi_1122176.jpg) > [Start with meditation, and things will go on growing in you—silence, serenity, blissfulness, sensitivity. And whatever comes out of meditation, try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/start-with-meditation-and-things-will-go-on-growing-in-you-silence/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/rajneesh-54_goes-on_start-with-meditation-and-things-will-go_78457.jpg) > [Meditation is just a courage to be silent and alone. Slowly slowly, you start feeling a new quality to yourself, a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-is-just-a-courage-to-be-silent-and-alone-slowly-slowly-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/rajneesh-54_beauty_meditation-is-just-a-courage-to-be-silen_2742164.jpg) > [All the great artists of the world slowly slowly start growing a quality of feminineness, grace, elegance, exquisiteness. A certain flavor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/all-the-great-artists-of-the-world-slowly-slowly-start-growing-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/rajneesh-54_art_all-the-great-artists-of-the-world-slowl_3000129.jpg) > [Ordinarily we think sex makes people loving - sex can never make people loving. In fact, it is sexuality that prevents love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/ordinarily-we-think-sex-makes-people-loving-sex-can-never-make-people/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/rajneesh-54_centre_ordinarily-we-think-sex-makes-people-lov_2332025.jpg) > [The jealous man lives in hell. Drop comparing and jealousy disappears, meanness disappears, phoniness disappears. But you can drop it only if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-jealous-man-lives-in-hell-drop-comparing-and-jealousy-disappears/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/rajneesh-54_compare_the-jealous-man-lives-in-hell-drop-compa_1336406.jpg) > [Every child is born with tremendous love for himself. It is the society that destroys that love, it is the religion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/every-child-is-born-with-tremendous-love-for-himself-it-is-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/rajneesh-54_born_every-child-is-born-with-tremendous-love_1133437.jpg) > [Witnessing can be called the seed and enlightenment can be called the flowers. But begin from witnessing, and then it starts growing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/witnessing-can-be-called-the-seed-and-enlightenment-can-be-called-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/rajneesh-54_buddhism_witnessing-can-be-called-the-seed-and-en_3225549.jpg) > [Heartache is good. Accept it joyously. Allow it, don't repress it. The natural tendency of the mind is to repress anything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/heartache-is-good-accept-it-joyously-allow-it-don-t-repress-it-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/rajneesh-54_accepting_heartache-is-good-accept-it-joyously-all_1594119.jpg) > [The mediocre mind has no capacity for understanding. It is stuck somewhere near thirteen years in its mental age, or even below…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-mediocre-mind-has-no-capacity-for-understanding-it-is-stuck/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/rajneesh-54_age_the-mediocre-mind-has-no-capacity-for-un_1436758.jpg) > [The whole of existence is dancing, except man. The whole of existence is in a very relaxed movement; movement there is, certainly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-whole-of-existence-is-dancing-except-man-the-whole-of-existence/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/rajneesh-54_bird_the-whole-of-existence-is-dancing-except_2395756.jpg) > [But we are not interested in death at all: rather, we escape the facts, we are continuously escaping the facts. Death is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/but-we-are-not-interested-in-death-at-all-rather-we-escape-the-facts/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/rajneesh-54_concern_but-we-are-not-interested-in-death-at-al_2830162.jpg) > [And the greatest calamity that has happened to the human mind is that he is against death. Being against death means you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/and-the-greatest-calamity-that-has-happened-to-the-human-mind-is-that/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/rajneesh-54_calamity_and-the-greatest-calamity-that-has-happe_2843705.jpg) > [Then ego goes on growing, because the society needs you as an ego, not as a Self. The Self is irrelevant for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/then-ego-goes-on-growing-because-the-society-needs-you-as-an-ego-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/rajneesh-54_docile_then-ego-goes-on-growing-because-the-soc_2883765.jpg) ## Other authors on Growing ## 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/growing/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "16 Growing Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Drop the fear. Fear was taken up by you in your childhood, unconsciously. Now consciously drop it and be mature. 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