Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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.
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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 ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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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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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.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Look 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.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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