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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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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.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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