Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTINo 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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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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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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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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Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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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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Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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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 function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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