We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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A comfortable, convenient life is not a real life - the more comfortable, the less alive. The most comfortable life is in the grave.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A truly fulfilling life involves challenges and discomfort, rather than mere convenience.
In this quote, Rajneesh emphasizes that a life lived in excessive comfort may lead to stagnation and a lack of vitality. He suggests that the essence of being truly alive stems from facing challenges and embracing the discomforts of life, rather than seeking only ease and convenience, which ultimately leads to a lack of fulfillment.
Themes
ComfortLifeChallengesFulfillmentVitality
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
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