There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment.

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

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.

Today people just go on working, working and working. Not because they are creating something fantastic, but simply because they have to work, otherwise they don’t know what to do with themselves.

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.

People love you and value you by, how good you are? And not by, how good you look.

Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.

We have a responsibility to be aware of others.

Sometimes I enjoy talking, but when it's like people are trying to find something out about me, I don't.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

As cute as baby clothes are... I try to buy less.

At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things.

I feel much more respected in Europe than I do in the States from the press and from the people. Americans expect me to win every match I play.

I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.

I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.