Patrick Alexander

“If you are in pursuit of happiness one thing is certain: You are not going to get it. Happiness is always a by-product. It is not the result of a direct pursuit.”
― Osho, Joy: The Happiness That Comes from Within

“A real education will not teach you to compete; it will teach you to cooperate. It will not teach you to fight and come first. It will teach you to be creative, to be loving, to be blissful, without comparing yourself to others. It will not teach you that you can be happy only when you are the first—that is sheer nonsense. You can’t be happy just by being first, and in trying to be first you go through such misery that by the time you become the first you are habituated to misery.”
― Osho, Joy: The Happiness That Comes from Within

“Happiness has nothing to do with success. Happiness has nothing to do with ambition, happiness has nothing to do with money, power, prestige. It is a totally different dimension. Happiness has something to do with your consciousness, not with your character. Let me remind you—character is not you, it is something you have cultivated. You can become a saint, and still you will not be happy if your sainthood is nothing but a practiced sainthood.”
― Osho, Joy: The Happiness That Comes from Within

“Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Comparison is the culprit. Once you compare, you are on the track. Don’t compare with anybody—the other person is not you, you are not the other person. Let others be, and you relax into your being. Start enjoying whatsoever you are. Delight in the moments that are available to you.”
― Osho, Joy: The Happiness That Comes from Within