Railway station Quote by Osho
““The world is like a waiting room in a railway station; it is not your house. You are not going to remain in the waiting room forever. Nothing in the waiting room belongs to you – the furniture, the paintings on the wall … You use them – you see the painting, you sit on the chair, you rest on the bed – but nothing belongs to you. You are just here for a few ...minutes, or for a few hours at the most, then you will be gone. Yes, what you have brought in with you, into the waiting room, you will take away with you; that’s yours. What have you brought into the world? And the world certainly is a waiting room. The waiting may not be in seconds, minutes, hours, days, it may be in years; but what does it matter whether you wait seven hours, or seventy years? You may forget, in seventy years, that you are just in a waiting room. You may star t thinking perhaps you are the owner, perhaps this is the house you have built. You may start putting your nameplate on the waiting room.””
About This Quote
Source Speech: Talk on Impermanence, Osho, 1990s
Life is temporary; we occupy the world briefly, possessing only what we bring within ourselves.
In simple terms: We are temporary guests in life, owning only inner possessions.
Focus on inner growth, not external attachments.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- travel
- career
- relationships
- personal development
- spiritual practice
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What inner qualities will you carry beyond life?
- How does viewing life as a waiting room change your priorities?
External achievements fade; inner values endure.