Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Rajneesh

Quote by Rajneesh

“But people try love and because they are unconscious... their longing is good, but their love is full of jealousy, full of possessiveness, full of anger, full of nastiness. Soon they destroy it. Hence for centuries they have depended on marriage. Better to start by marriage so that the law can protect you from destroying it. The society, the government, the court, the policeman, the priest, they will all force you to live in the institution of marriage, and you will be just a slave. If marriage is an institution, you are going to be a slave in it. Only slaves want to live in institutions.”

Quote by Rajneesh

Create image

Author

Rajneesh
Rajneesh

Rajneesh, originally named Chandra Mohan Jain, was an Indian spiritual teacher and writer. Born on December 11, 1931, and passed away on January 19, 1990, he is known for his unique teachings and lifestyle that attracted followers from around the world. more

You May Also Like

“I am not against marriage -- I am for love. If love becomes your marriage, good; but don't hope that marriage can bring love. That is not possible. Love can become a marriage. You have to work very consciously to transform your love into a marriage. Ordinarily, people destroy their love. They do EVERYTHING to destroy it and then they suffer. And they go on saying, 'What went wrong?' They destroy -- they do everything to destroy it.”

PeopleIfsSufferingLove IsMarriageGoes OnGood MarriagePossible Love
Author:Rajneesh
Create image

“I have never heard about any perfect marriage. They say perfect marriages are made in heaven. Nobody comes back from there so maybe it is true, but what kind of marriage will those perfect marriages be? There will be no tension, there will be no individuality in the man or in the woman. They will never collide, they will never fight. They will be too sweet to each other. And too much sweetness brings diabetes! Marriage is an institution that teaches a man regularity, frugality, temperance, forbearance and many other splendid virtues he would not need had he stayed single.”

MenNeedsKindMadeFightingHeavenPerfectMarriageTeachVirtueToo MuchHeardHe ManSweetInstitutionsIndividualityTensionSweetnessSplendidDiabetesTemperanceFrugalityRegularityForbearanceCollidePerfect Marriage
Author:Rajneesh
Create image

“I have never said that love is destroyed by marriage. How can marriage destroy love? Yes, it is destroyed in marriage, but it is destroyed by you, not by marriage. It is destroyed by the partners. How can marriage destroy love? It is you who destroy it, because you don't know what love is. You simply pretend to know, you simply hope that you know, you dream that you know, but you don't know what love is. Love has to be learned; it is the greatest art there is.”

KnowsArtSaidDreamLove IsMarriagePartnersDestroyed
Author:Rajneesh
Create image

“People are falling in love because a certain man has a certain type of nose. People are falling in love with fragments! Nobody is bothered about the totality of the person -- and it is a vast thing. The nose does not count for much --- after two days you won't look at it at all. Or the color, or the shape, or the proportion of the body -- all these things are very minor. The real thing is the total functioning of the person, and that can be experienced only when you live together.”

PeopleMenLooksPersonsDoeTwoRealBodyTogetherCertainFallLove IsMarriageColorTypeShapesFalling In LoveNosesProportionMinorsFragmentsBotheredReal ThingsTwo DaysTotality
Author:Rajneesh
Create image

“Love, and love as deeply as possible. And if love itself becomes the marriage, that is another thing, altogether different. If love itself becomes such an intimacy that it is unbreakable, that is another thing, that is not a legal sanction. Legal sanctions are needed only because you are afraid. You know that your love is not enough; you need the legal support for it. You know perfectly well that you can escape or the woman can escape, hence you need the policeman to keep you together. But this is ugly, to need a policeman to keep you together. That's what marriage is!”

IfsKnowsNeedsWellsDifferentEnoughTogetherLove IsMarriageSupportNeededAnd LoveUglyIntimacyPolicemenSanctionsUnbreakable
Author:Rajneesh
Create image