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’.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIMeditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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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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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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Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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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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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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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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