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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThroughout 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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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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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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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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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Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
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