Choose thy friend!

Osho speaks on the topic of ‘Friendship’ by commenting on Pythagoras’ sutra: “Choose for thy friend, the friend of virtue; yield to his gentle counsels, profit by his life; and for a trifling grievance never leave him.”

Pythagoras says: Choose thy friend!

You cannot choose your father, you cannot choose your mother, you cannot choose your family – but you can choose your friend. You can choose your woman, you can choose your man – that too is an extension of friendship.

Choose for thy friend, the friend of virtue…

…one who has some grace, who has some flowering, who has some quality around him, who has an energy field of virtue.

By ‘virtue’ is not meant the righteous, no; not the holier-than-thou, no.

By ‘virtue’ is meant one in whose company you suddenly start feeling a tremendous well-being; in whose company, in whose vibe, something starts dancing in you; whose presence helps you to soar high.

Osho, Philosophia Perennis, Vol 1, Ch 1 (excerpt)

Quote published in The Book: An Introduction to the Teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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