We must realize that whatsoever the situation is, whatsoever the case is with you, you are responsible, no one else.
If you are responsible, then something is possible. If someone else is responsible, then nothing is possible. This is a basic conflict between the religious mind and the non-religious mind. The nonreligious mind always thinks that something else is responsible. Change the society, change the circumstances, change economic conditions, change the political situation, change something, and everything will be okay.
We have changed everything so many times, and nothing is okay. The religious mind says that whatsoever the situation, if this is your mind, then you will be in hell, you will be in misery. You won't be able to attain silence.
Put the responsibility on yourself. Be responsible, because then something can be done. You can only do something with yourself. You cannot change anyone in this world: you can only change yourself. That is the only revolution possible.
The only transformation possible is one's own, but that can be considered only when we feel that we are responsible.
~ Osho
...from: The Ultimate Alchemy Volume 2, Chapter 12, "Silence is the Prayer"
