The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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 ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be 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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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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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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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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