You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThroughout 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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What you believe you experience.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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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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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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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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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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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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