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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIFear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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 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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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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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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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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What you believe you experience.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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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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