Religion, 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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITo 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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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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It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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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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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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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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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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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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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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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