Jiddu Krishnamurti

"You are not isolated from the world; you are the world."

"The more you know yourself, the less you know about yourself."

"We are conditioned by society, and we call this conditioning education."

"Truth cannot be organized into an institution."

"The mind that is not free cannot think clearly."

"Love is not something to be cultivated; it is the natural state when fear is absent."

"The seeking itself prevents the finding."

"You are what your deep driving desire is—as your desire is, so is your will."

"The machine-like mind cannot understand anything fundamental."

"We are divided against ourselves, and we call this normalcy."

"The moment you are aware of your conditioning, you have begun to break free."

"Loneliness is when you cannot be alone without anxiety."

"The world mirrors what you are; change yourself and the world changes."

"We fill silence with noise because we are afraid of ourselves."

"Attachment is the root of all sorrow, and detachment is not indifference."

"The mind that is full of knowledge has no room for wisdom."

"You cannot think your way to freedom; you must live your way there."

"Society thrives on your conformity and dies with your authenticity."

"The moment you defend a belief, you have stopped understanding it."

"We are slaves to our thoughts, and we think we are free."

"Real learning is the unlearning of what we have been taught to believe."

"You cannot be truly kind if you are afraid of the consequences."

"The past is always trying to dominate the present moment."

"We create gods in our image and then worship them."

"To live without conflict, you must live without desire."

"The mind needs to be completely empty to understand something new."

"Your resistance to what is creates all your suffering."

"We are not living—we are merely existing according to a plan."

"The constant stream of thought prevents you from being."

"Freedom is not the absence of responsibility; it is the presence of choice."