To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThere 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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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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Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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What you believe you experience.
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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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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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