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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.
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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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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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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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Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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