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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIf 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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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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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 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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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What you believe you experience.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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