"Imagination builds the image of the self, and……" — Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality."
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473 Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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