Krishnamurti Quotes

#1. ... it is because we have acquired technical knowledge without understanding the total process of life that technology has become a means of destroying ourselves

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#2. Systems, whether educational or political, are not changed mysteriously; they are transformed when there is a fundamental change in ourselves.

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#3. If we are going to inquire into that, (religion, i.e. a life in which there is no fragmentation whatsoever) we must not only be free of all belief, but also we must be very clear about the distorting factor of all effort, direction and purpose.

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#4. If you see that you are a bundle of memories and words, the restless monkey comes to an end.

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#5. The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again.

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#6. The young... are full of hope and discontent... And the old are those who were once discontented, but who have successfully smothered that flame and have found security and comfort in various ways.

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