There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIUsing 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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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To 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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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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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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