"A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free……" — Jiddu Krishnamurti
"A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is conformity; its path leads to the known, and the known is never the free."
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
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473 Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a…
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When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation,…
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Without freedom, there is no creation.
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As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and…
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Now, is it possible not to be hurt at all? Because the consequences of being hurt are the building of…
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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is…
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It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.
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Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of…
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Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great…
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Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture…
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The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.
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In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and…
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and…
— Karen Armstrong
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Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
— Matthew Arnold
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church,…
— Teresa of Avila
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If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what…
— Michele Bachmann
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I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't…
— Erykah Badu
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Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic…
— Ray Bradbury
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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
— Jacob Bronowski
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The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
— Rita Mae Brown
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To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger…
— Steven Brust
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
— William S. Burroughs
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