Most people like to live in illusions.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIUsing another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.
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Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
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Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
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Look what is happening in the world – we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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