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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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Deception Desire Fundamental
If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Beautiful Eyes Sunset Worry
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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Afraid End Oneself Spiritual
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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Death Destroy Learning Life School Spiritual Yourself
Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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Death Games One Liner Play Safety
Most people like to live in illusions.
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Illusion Live People Spiritual
When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Image Live Sanity Self Esteem World
The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Education Motivational Time Yourself
Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
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Direction Force Politics Religion Suffering
To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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Important Lying Problem Understand
Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
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Addiction Freedom Knowledge Understand Wisdom
To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.
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Change Freedom Heart Philosophy World
Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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Mirror Relationship Yourself
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Atheist Death Fear
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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Action Fear Flames Inspirational Love Right
It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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Existence Life Parents Philosophy Reality Teacher

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