All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIPut away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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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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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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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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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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