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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIBe a light unto oneself,
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In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
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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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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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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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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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