Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIf we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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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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Most people like to live in illusions.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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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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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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