Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe mind has to be empty to see clearly.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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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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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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Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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