"Using another as a means of satisfaction and……" — Jiddu Krishnamurti
"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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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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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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