"A man of peace is not a pacifist, a man of peace is simply a pool of silence.
He pulsates a new kind of energy into the world, he sings a new song.
He lives in a totally new way; his very way of live is that of grace, that of prayer, that of compassion.
Whomsoever he touches, he creates more love-energy.
The man of peace is creative. He is not against war because to be against anything is to be at war. He is not against war, he simply understands why war exists.
And out of that understanding he becomes peaceful.
Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will the war disappear."

Osho: Zen - The Path of Paradox

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"All my efforts here, sutras or jokes, are nothing but means to wake you.
Sometimes a joke can make you up more easily than a serious sutra, because listening to a serious sutra you tend to fall deeper into sleep; it is so serious that you can't be awakened by it. But a joke is so light, that you don't want to miss it; you listen attentively.
And between the jokes I go on dropping a few dangerous things into your head - just small bombs, between the jokes. Just remember to take the jokes seriously and the remainder you leave to me: the remainder I will do."

Osho: Tao - The Golden gate, Vol 1.

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