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 KRISHNAMURTIWithout knowing yourself, there is no peace.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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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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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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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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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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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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What you believe you experience.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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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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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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand 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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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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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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