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Osho Quotes on Courage

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Protect your inborn innocence, for it is your original nature; when you hold onto it, intimidation cannot cloud your clarity and courage.

Real courage is the willingness to die to the past, shedding accumulated knowledge and ego to embrace the unknown with childlike innocence. Only in this moment of surrender does the divine reveal itself.

Every being carries the seed of Buddhahood; through love and meditation, even the most fearful can awaken their true essence and transform into a Buddha.

Commitment blooms when the moment is ripe; your only task is to remain vigilant and leap before the mind's delays smooth the back of time.

True courage is the willingness to move from darkness to light, embracing the living master who becomes your world, for turning away is merely a brave stupidity.

Courage is the essence of religion; when aligned with truth, it elevates us to the divine, but when entangled with ego, it leads us into darkness.

When you fight to the very last breath as a conscious master, your truth-telling becomes a fearless act that can shatter the chains of unconsciousness and illuminate a new path for all.

Turn each obstacle into your practice and instrument; let the Divine song flow through you, transforming every hardship into a step, a balm, and a lamp for others.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to embrace the unknown despite it; it is the adventure of life that transforms fear into joy.

Women are more courageous because they embrace the beautiful risk of feeling in a world dominated by the mind's logic; it is in their tears and love that they find the essence of being.

Courage is not an inherited trait; it is a potential within us all that awakens through risk and practice. Only by facing challenges do we transform our dormant courage into a defining strength.