Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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.
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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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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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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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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.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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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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Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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