Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity,...

By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity,...

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance,...

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance,...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the...

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the...

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn,...

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn,...

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any...

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any...

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because...

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something...

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

The flowering of love is meditation.

The flowering of love is meditation.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense...

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense...

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving...

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving...