Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIRelationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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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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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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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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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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