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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIMost people like to live in illusions.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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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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Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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