Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITo 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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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