A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIFrom innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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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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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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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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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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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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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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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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