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 KRISHNAMURTITransformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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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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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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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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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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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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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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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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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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