Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height.
Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches.
Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness
is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth.
Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes,
the deeper it goes, simultaneously. In fact,
it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.
Sadness and Happiness
About the poet
Osho
Rajneesh, also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh, and later as Osho, was an Indian godman and founder of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic
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music without sound
There is a music which has no sound,the soul is restless for such silent music.
gladness
When gladness glidesIn the deep lake of silence,
heart thirsts
When the heart thirsts so much for truth,for peace, for religion,
my words
I want my words ring in your ears, and their echo to carry youInto that space where everything is silent, empty.
out of the depth
Words that come out of the depth and fullness of heartEcho the infinite, just as a tiny flower expresses infinite beauty.
