Osho Quotes on Violence

To truly awaken, you must kill the Buddha within you—dissolve every attachment, even to the Master, and step into the unknown with gratitude, not anger.

Neither Krishna nor Mahavira is superior; they both reveal the same truth: when the ‘I’ dissolves, nonviolence blooms, whether through action or surrender.

Violence is a human invention; animals act out of instinct, unaware of the complexities that lead us to cruelty.

True ethics arises from inner awareness and intelligence, not from blind obedience to rigid rules that fail to grasp the complexity of human relationships and the ambiguity of aggression.

Violence is not just physical; it lurks in every impulse to dominate or submit, and only through relentless awareness can we truly recognize it in our daily interactions.

Violence is the disintegration of the mind into competing fragments, while nonviolence is the reintegration under the awakened inner master, restoring wholeness and coherence.

Every act of coercion, even when cloaked in goodness, carries the seed of violence; true wisdom lies in choosing the least crooked path amidst the imperfection of our means.

To save our bodies by killing, we lose our humanity; true preservation lies in compassion and nonviolence.

True rebellion is not an act of violence, but a creative and loving expression of consciousness that honors life and seeks a future free from the poison of our past.

The crowd's indifference to violence is a testament to its fear of the new; it clings to tradition, suffocating living truth in the shadows of ignorance.

Communal riots arise from fear, the true opposite of love, as leaders exploit this fear to manipulate and divide us, turning communities against one another.

In the pursuit of nonviolence, let compassion guide us, yet recognize that in the face of survival, the heart must sometimes bear the weight of difficult choices.

Using dubious means only distorts action, making it hypocritical and ineffective; the true wisdom lies in employing the least-crooked, most direct force necessary to prevent greater harm.