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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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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Death Destroy Learning Life School Spiritual Yourself
You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Deep Fear Thinking
Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Growth Happiness Life Philosophy Satisfaction
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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Divine Live World
The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Life Love One Liner Truth
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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Desire Love Mean Secure Vulnerable
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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Change Human Importance Yourself
To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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Body Meditation Mindset Responsible
The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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Awareness Deep Moments Myself Philosophy
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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Life Need Simplicity
Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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Peace Yourself
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Beginning Inspirational Philosophy Transformation
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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Existence Life Parents Philosophy Reality Teacher
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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Art Thinking Word
When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Life Love Nature Relationship Religion Truth
Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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Revolution Tomorrow Transformation

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