Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIReligion, 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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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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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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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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Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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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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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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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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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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