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 KRISHNAMURTIWe all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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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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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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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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Fear 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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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