"Do not repeat after me words that you……" — Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself."
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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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