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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIKnowledge 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.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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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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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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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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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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