Sadhguru Quotes

“80% of the population are experts in self-torture.”

“Believers are in groups. Seekers are alone.”

“Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.”

“Every human being is capable of living absolutely blissfully within himself. They have denied themselves this because they never looked at themselves.”

“Everyday, if you are reminded that you will die, then naturally you will move towards knowing higher dimensions of perception.”

“I just realized one day, that if I simply sit here, don’t mess with myself, every cell in my body will overflow with ecstasy. There’s really nothing to do. If I don’t just mess around with my mind and simply sit here, ecstasy will flow…”

“I just want to live in a wonderful world—not with miserable people—so I’m trying to add some company.”

“If human beings are released from the disease of wanting to be better than someone else, life will come to ease.”

“If you learn to include others as a part of yourself, your life will become an expression of joyfulness, not a pursuit of happiness.”

“If you really pay attention to life, life will blossom within you. If you do not pay attention, you are somewhere else, and then life could go wrong.”

“If you resist change, you resist life.”

“Joy does not rain upon you – it blossoms from within. Whatever the situation, if you are joyful, life is a celebration.”

“Love is not about getting what you want. It is an opportunity to lose yourself.”

“Man needs entertainment simply to hide his madness. If he was perfectly sane, he would not need entertainment. He could just sit and watch this bamboo grow. He does not really need entertainment.”

“Once the body is not in the way, you are on the highway of spirituality, not just on the spiritual path.”

“Only when your attention and involvement is indiscriminate, does the universe open up to you.”

“Pain is a good thing physically because that is your self-preservation mechanism. But suffering is something you do in your mind.”

“The contradiction within a human being is simply because he is trying to mentally figure out things that he has not experienced.”

“The fear is simply because you are not living with life, you are living in your mind.”

“The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.”

“The quality of your life depends on how well you manage your body, your mind, your emotion, your situations, your home, your communities, nations, your life in general and the world.”

“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.”

“There is only one enemy: that’s yourself. If you fix this one guy, everything is fine in this world.”

“Unless we sustain our forests and bring tree cover for large areas of the planet, our wellbeing and life are in danger.”

“When your happiness is dependent upon what is happening outside of you, constantly you live as a slave to the external situation.”

“You can be deeply involved with everything, but still not be identified with it any more.”

“You cannot change the past. You can only experience the present moment. The future must be crafted the way you want.”

“You’re just an imitation of what is around you, it’s just that you don’t imitate one person; you take bits and pieces of hundred people and make yourself.”

“Learning to listen is the essence of intelligent living.”

“When pain, misery, or anger happen, it is time to look within you, not around you.”