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.
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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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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What you believe you experience.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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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Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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