“It’s not the world that needs to change – it’s our consciousness we must raise”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Sooner or later you’ll hear what your heart has always been telling you:stop trying to be who you think you should be – become who you are.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“How you look it is pretty much how you’ll see it”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“In life one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day – or to celebrate each special day.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“The reason that so many fail to find happiness is that they fail to find gratitude.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“If you are not yourself people will look right through you and see the pale shadow of someone else”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy…”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“What people say and feel about you when you’ve left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“In our evolution language has been the greatest single contribution to our understanding and misunderstanding”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Love is the only answer to every question. It is the only thing that will serve you in every situation. It is the route and the destination. It is medication, liberation and should be at the heart of and expression of your vocation.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“You won’t ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“The world is already yours – why try to conquer it?”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“People will ask you the question ‘how is life treating you?’ But my question is ‘how are you treating life?’ On that your happiness rests”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“There’s no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it – and get on with it.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“On any day – in any given event – you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Success is meaningless without fulfilment – both begin within”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“There is no question- love is the answer”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Our abilities and possibilities are at one and the same time very limited and quite infinite dependent on the depth of our relationship to our ‘self’, others and life itself.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Stop looking outside or at others for that which you seek of yourself.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“While you’ll feel compelled to charge forward it’s often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you and what you truly seek.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Goals are only ever a guide; a winding, changing path. It’s your heart that will really keep you on tack… and nourished along the way.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Without appreciation (for yourself, others and life itself) there is no growth”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Just like the cast of a great movie and the career of great athletes few success stories are a one man show. Build your team and grow.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“I’ve no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I’d rather go down as one who is thought disposing.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Life is a series of events and sensations. Everything else is interpretation. Much is lost in transition – and added in assumption / projection”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru