From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITo be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.
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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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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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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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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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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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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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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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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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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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