When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIContentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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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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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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