If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhat you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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You 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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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the 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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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
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What you believe you experience.
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