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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen 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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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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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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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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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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