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.
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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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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