Jiddu Krishnamurti on generosity
Jiddu Krishnamurti72 quotes“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 begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti 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.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti 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.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Those who play a safe game die very safely.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Most people like to live in illusions.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti 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.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti 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.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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