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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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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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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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Look what is happening in the world – we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture.
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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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 moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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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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