It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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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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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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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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To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.
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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.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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