The following Osho quotes share ideas on how to live life and find inspiration. 

Osho went by several names earlier in life and was at one point an Indian godman.

He had many controversial ideas and was not well received during his lifetime.

And while you may not agree with many of the things that he believed or the messages that he shared, there were some messages that we can learn from. 

Osho had a lot of information about mindfulness and how it could be used to help live a more peaceful life.

Some of his opinions might be far fetched from what you believe, but see what you can learn from his ideas. 

Here’s our collection of inspirational, wise and thought-provoking Osho quotes and sayings, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

Don’t forget to also read these mindfulness quotes for work, life and love.

Osho quotes on love

1. “Love is a by-product of meditation.” – Osho  

2. “Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more.” – Osho  

3. “Be a lotus flower. Be in the water, and do not let the water touch you.” – Osho  

4. “A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.” – Osho  

5. “Love is the goal, life is the journey.” – Osho  

6. “Courage is a love affair with the unknown.” – Osho  

7. “Lovers never surrender to each other, lovers simply surrender to love.” – Osho

8. “Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility.” – Osho

9. “Only laughter makes a man rich, but the laughter has to be blissful.” – Osho  

10. “Become alert. Relationship destroys love, destroys the very possibility of its birth.” – Osho 

11. “Love needs immense consciousness. Love is a meeting of two souls, and lust is the meeting of two bodies. Lust is animal; love is divine. But unless you know that you are a soul, you cannot understand what love is.” – Osho  

12. “Yes, I would like you to love yourself, because unless you love yourself you cannot love anybody else. You don’t know what love is if you have not loved yourself.” – Osho  

13. “If you love a person, you accept the total person. With all the defects. Because those defects are a part of the person. Never try to change a person you love, because the very effort to change says that you love half, and the other half of the person is not accepted. When you love, you simply love.” – Osho  

Inspirational Osho quotes

14. “People say love is blind because they do not know what love is. I say unto you, only love has eyes; other than love, everything is blind.” – Osho  

15. “Commit as many mistakes as possible, remembering only one thing: don’t commit the same mistake again. And you will be growing.” – Osho  

16. “You will come closer and closer to perfection, but you will never be perfect. Perfection is not the way of existence. Growth is the way.” – Osho  

17. “Love first has to happen in the deepest core of your being. It is the quality of being alone, happily alone, joyously alone. It is the quality of being a no-mind, of being silent. Contentless consciousness is the space, the context, in which love arises in you.” – Osho  

18. “The greatest fear in the world is the opinion of others, and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.” – Osho  

19. “I teach you to be more conscious. And love will come as you become more conscious: it is a guest that comes, that comes inevitably to those who are ready and prepared to receive it.” – Osho  

Also check out these powerful Bhagavad Gita quotes for when you seek inspiration and wisdom.

Osho quotes about life

20. “Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.” – Osho  

21. “Be realistic: Plan for a miracle.” – Osho  

22. “I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect, and that’s why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead.” – Osho  

23. “I live my life based on two principles. One, I live as if today was my last day on earth. Two, I live today as if I am going to live forever.” – Osho  

24. “Don’t try to understand life. Live it! Don’t try to understand love. Move into love. Then you will know and that knowing will come out of your experiencing.” – Osho  

25. “A comfortable, convenient life is not a real life – the more comfortable, the less alive. The most comfortable life is in the grave.” – Osho  

Did you find any ideas in these Osho quotes that you could learn from?

When you look at individual quotes instead of looking at the complete beliefs of the person that they came from, it’s easy to find inspiration in the words.

Mindfulness is a popular topic now and some of Osho’s quotes support the way that it can positively impact your life.

He also had a lot of ideas about taking responsibility for yourself and your actions instead of depending on others. 

If you see any quotes that spoke to you, find a way to keep them in front of you so you can pull encouragement and inspiration from them on a daily basis. 

What’s your biggest takeaway from these Osho quotes and sayings?

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