The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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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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, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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 crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
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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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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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