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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIYou 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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
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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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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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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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No 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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To 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.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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