Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIBe a light unto oneself,
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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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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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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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.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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