The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTILook 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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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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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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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To 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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
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You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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