I am not here to speak the Truth. I am here just to give you a method to perceive it.

If you are not using your mind for self-torture, why would you think of peace?

Things do not descend upon anything that is not ready to receive them.

Now the need for seeking something outside will completely disappear. Once you are blissful by your own nature, your life becomes an expression of your blissfulness, not a pursuit of happiness.

Questioner: One question comes to my mind: if everybody looked inward, what would happen? Sadhguru: You would have a sensible world. (Laughs) Is that a danger?

If you want God as a tranquilizer, it is okay as an idea, but if you want the Divine to be an awakening process in your life, an idea is not good enough.

They have been promising us for a long time — in every culture — that they are going to take us to heaven. They promise heaven because they are making a hell out of this place.

Yogis are not against pleasure. It is just that they are unwilling to settle for little pleasures. They are greedy.

The most incredible thing is that you can know everything you wish to know with your eyes closed.

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon... what it means to you.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?

It does not matter what country we live in, who our leaders are, or even who we are. Because we are human, we therefore have rights. And because we have rights, governments are bound to protect them.

Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.

Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.

My parents worked enormously hard to put four children through college. We didn't have a lot of money.

Let us settle down to the serious business of getting drunk.

Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.

But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave.