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

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

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.

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

To failure at something is an attempt to succeed. Be strong and try again.

The Soul does not just share the answers you seek — but, how all you want can be achieved.

I'm really interested in culture because it is such a powerful human force, particularly in America where we think it's all about the individual.

I think there is limits to the assumption that wherever you are, the situation in a way tells you how to behave.

Such a display of death - how could it be considered a victory?

I think if you're inspired, you don't let a little thing like scheduling and deadlines get in your way.

Did anybody tell you that you're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal?

I was cable when cable wasn't cool.

I used to have some fish, some nice little carp, but they got too big for the tank. I don't have any pets now.

One good thing about TV Land is you're always surrounded by people who know what they're doing, in terms of your fellow actors.