The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIChange 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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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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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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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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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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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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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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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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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