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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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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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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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 crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.
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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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