Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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 mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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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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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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What you believe you experience.
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