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 KRISHNAMURTIWithout freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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What you believe you experience.
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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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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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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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 function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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