There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIMerely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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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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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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What you believe you experience.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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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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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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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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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.
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