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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIHere is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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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.
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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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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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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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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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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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