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 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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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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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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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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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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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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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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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