If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIFear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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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 ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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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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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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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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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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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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